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August 9th Photos Page |
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Made the trip to New Jersey again today for another day of polishing brass onboard Big J. I spent the entire day inside Turret #1 finishing up polishing brass and cleaning up in there. Today we worked inside the Gun Rooms detailing the areas that visitors see through portholes inside the Turret. There were only four of us onboard today, but we put the finishing touches on Turret #1 and it looks great inside! Other areas visited today include the Ships Bakery, Ships Library and the also the Sail Locker. That's about it for today's visit, the majority of the photos below show the results of a hard days work inside Turret #1. The rest are of areas of the ship I have rarely visited in the past. Hope to see you onboard soon! |
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| The view as you enter Turret #1 from the Main Deck. |
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| Powder Bag on the Deck at the top of the steps. |
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| Looking across the inside of Turret #1, standing on the starboard side. |
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| Looking
along the bulkhead
behind the Gun Rooms. Visible in this photo are two of the rammers used to push the 16-inch shells into the breech of the big guns |
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| This
is a shot inside
the middle Gun Room, the breech of this gun, "Repeat" is open. The red seat is where the gunner would sit and activate the Ram to load the gun. |
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| Open breach of the middle gun, note powder hoist door open on left. |
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| This
is a shot inside the starboard Gun Room, where I spent my time today. The breech of this gun, "Ditto", is closed. The blue seat is where the gunner would sit and operate the ram to load the gun. Lots of stuff to shine up in here, but it looked great at the end of the day! |
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| Sailor Art on ram in the starboard Gun Room that pushes shells into the gun's breech. |
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| Brass Team volunteer working in middle Gun Room. |
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| Brass
Team volunteer working in port gun room, this gun is called "Pete" and it's breech is also closed. |
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| Another member of the Brass Team who helped polish brass inside Turret #1 today. |
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| Entrance to the Ships Library, on Deck 2 near the GeeDunk. |
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| Another
one of the Saturday regulars who opens and mans the Ships Library. Good to see him back onboard after a recent bout with pneumonia! |
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| Another view inside the Ships Library, lots of interesting books in here! |
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| Ships Bakery, still smells like Bread in this area of the ship. |
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| Equipment still at the ready in the Bakery. |
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| Ships Sail Locker, also down on Deck 2 across from the Machine Shops. |
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| View inside the Ships Sail Locker. |
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| One
more shot inside the Sail Locker, this area is still used to make awnings and other items for the ship. |
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| Recently donated model of the ship on Deck 2 near the GeeDunk. |
