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September 27th Photos Page |
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Onboard again today, spent the entire day working in Turret #2 because the weather wasn't conducive to lacquering portholes. One of these days I'll be able to report that all 48 on the main deck have been polished and lacquered, hopefully on my next visit, which is scheduled to be October 11th. I guess after they saw the job we did in Turret #1 it was logical to expect that doing the same in the other two Turrets wasn't far behind. Turret #2 is much different inside because it contains a large optical rangefinder. It is much more cramped inside but the basic layout is the same. Below are photos of our work inside Turret #2, and if I must say so myself, it looks pretty darn good in there after a few Saturdays in the care of the Brass Team. Enjoy today's photos and I hope to see you onboard soon! |
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| Volunteer shinning a seat from the Turret #2 Range Finder down in the Brass Shop. |
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| A new member of the Team working on the Range Finder in Turret #2. |
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| View of the Range Finder looking from Starboard to Port inside Turret #2. |
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| Another shot of the Range Finder, it takes up a lot of room inside Turret #2. |
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| The gang did a great job of cleaning up and polishing components of the Range Finder! |
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| Looking at the porthole and hatch leading into the Port Gun Room of Turret #2. |
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| This is the Port Gun in Turret #2, displayed with it's breech closed and ready to fire. |
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is a view inside the Center Gun Room of Turret #2. This area was polished by a pair of volunteers last Saturday, great job ladies! |
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| Another view inside the Center Gun Room of Turret #2. |
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is the Center Gun, displayed with it's breech open, ready to be loaded with a shell and powder. |
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| Closeup of the open breech of the Center Gun. |
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| One more shot of the Center Gun. |
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| Equipment on the lower level of Fireroom #4. |
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| Shot
of a helicopter recently delivered to the ship. It will be
restored and put on display with the ship. I believe it's a Seasprite helicopter, similar to those that the ship carried during her last period of service. |
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| Another photo of the helicopter, not much brass to shine on this puppy. |
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| Last shot of the chopper, I can't wait to see what it looks like after it's restored! |
