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Onboard
again, two Saturdays in a row, there's so much to do I can't stay
away! As usual the Bass Team was well represented and we got to
work quickly. We picked up right where we left off last week in
the Sick Bay area and the passageway leading to it. Onboard today
there was a group of volunteers from McGuire AFB and we had a bunch of
them helping us polish brass, they did a good job, and with their help
we made a lot of progress. One more good day and we should be able
to finish the Sick Bay, then it'll probably be on to Broadway. As
seen in many of the photos below the forward sections of Broadway look
awesome, the painters are working aft and as they finish we'll move in
and shine things up. There are more pictures from today's visit
than I usually put up, but the last eight are for a request made by a
former crewman. He served in the Print Shop in the 50s and wanted
to see what that area looks like now. Today I ventured down to
Deck 3 along with another volunteer in search of the Print Shop.
When we finally found it there wasn't much to see except an empty
compartment. Hope you can recognize the old place Art, looks
pretty sad today. This was another long day, I'll be glad when the
time changes next month and it stays light later, it'll make the trip
back to Virginia a little easier. Many of the photos below show
the progress being made on the below decks spaces, especially
Broadway. Everyone is working hard to get those areas open for
tours, and visitors, prepare to be dazzled, those areas are looking
great! The work being done to restore this ship amazes me every
day I go onboard, my hats off to each and every person who contributes
to making this effort such a success.
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| Nice
Benches and Brick Pavers going into place, the pier is shaping up nicely |
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| Crossover
passageway leading to main Steering and beginning of Broadway |
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| Close-up
of panel on bulkhead, all freshly painted and detailed |
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| View
inside Emergency Steering and Damage Control |
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| Shot
down Broadway looking aft past Engine Room #1 |
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| Another
angle down Broadway, all freshly painted and detailed |
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| Close-up
of Control Panels on bulkhead near Engine Room #1 |
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| Further
aft on Broadway the painting and cleanup continues |
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| Communications
room off Broadway is a maze of terminated cables |
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| Part
of CPO's Mess used during encampments onboard |
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| Frame
218, as far aft as you can go, the end of the line on Deck 2 |
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| Huge
double winch and pulleys, not sure what they were used for |
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| Another
view of the winch |
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| Port
side Pilot House, O3 |
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| Inscription
above the breech of the Center Gun in Turret #2 |
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First
of a series of 8 photos taken in and around the ships Print Shop
which is on Deck 3 Starboard side Aft, Frame 191. They were
requested
by a former crewman who worked in the Print Shop from 1953 - 1955 and
wanted to see how that area looks today. I'm afraid it's not
a very pretty
sight Art, but here's what it looks like now, enjoy! |
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Passageway
leading to Print Shop. Step and hatch
visible on left leads to Print Shop compartment |
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| Hatch
into Print Shop Compartment |
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| Entire
space is empty, only mounts remain from equipment that was here |
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| Door
Leading into Darkroom, which is empty also. |
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| Control
panels and floor mounts, that's all that's left in here. |
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| Looking
out of Print Shop Compartment not much to see here |
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| Fellow
volunteer standing in hatchway into Print Shop |
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