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June 4th Photos Page |
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Sorry for the lack of recent photos, but those of you who visit regularly know all of my usual excuses apply. Today is my fifth Saturday onboard since my last posting though, and we continue to work in the lower levels of Turret #2. The original plan was for the Turret #2 Experience to be opening around Memorial Day weekend, but that schedule has been revised. The new schedule calls for those attending the Battleship Blast on June 25th to get a special sneak peek at the new areas, and then they will open officially to visitors on July 1st. Below is a series of photos taken from my last five visits. For those that might be interested, tickets for the ships annual fundraiser, The Battleship Blast, are currently available. For more information on this event visit my Events Page. |
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April 30th - The first
of three "action photos" showing one of the Brass Team working on a powder scuttle status indicator on the bottom level of Turret #2. |
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April
30th - Two more of the Team polishing up the powder bag |
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| April 30th - Another one of the Team polishing the same area for the left gun. |
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April 30th - Is this a
wacky photo or what? There's no Photoshop work here, these three struck this pose putting their heads through holes in a structural steel support in the bottom of Turret #2. They joined the ranks of the Battleship's Volunteers in early April and have been a big help with the work we've done in Turret #2. We can always use more help and we're very happy to get three new volunteers on the Team. |
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April 30th - At
lunchtime I went topside to watch a firing of Mount 52. The Battleship held a special ceremony and fired the gun to mark the opening of a new exhibit commemorating the contributions of the ships MARDET during her four periods of commissioning. |
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April 30th - Photo
inside a MARDET crew space on Deck 2 near the chowline. |
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| April 30th - Another shot inside the new MARDET museum exhibit area. |
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| May 7th - Another new Brass Team member working in Turret #2. |
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May 7th - Look at that
scuttle tray shining, unbelievable! This is another one of the five ladies we have on the Brass Team, and they all do an outstanding job! Ladies or gentlemen, if you want to join the team, come on down, we'd love to have your help. |
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May 7th - Another shot
of the scuttle tray above. It looks pretty amazing for something that must be over 70 years old! If only it could talk, the stories it would have to tell... |
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May 7th - After
polishing much of the brass in the lower levels of Turret #2 we wrapped them with clear shrink-wrap to protect them from the paint overspray that is sure to follow soon. These are the powder trays for the center gun of Turret 2. |
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May 21st - Brass
polishing in an area outside the barbette where visitors will be allowed to go to pass powder bags (not 110 pounders like the real thing, something significantly lighter but still the correct size and shape) into the barbette to be loaded into the powder elevator for the right gun. |
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May 21st - Large blue tarps
going up, the white spray painting can't be too far behind. |
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May 21st - A shot from the top of
the steps looking down at the base of the central wiring core for Turret #2. |
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May 21st - Covered up with white
plastic is one of five immersion tanks situated around the inside of the barbette. This one was polished today. They are stainless steel and are a lot of work, but they come up pretty nice. |
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| May 28th - Immersion tank number two, polished today by one of the Team. |
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May 28th - Shot looking
down the stairs as I leave for the day. Note the structural steel visible in this photo, it was a steel member like this, on the left side of the barbette (out of this photo), where the photo of our three new volunteers above was taken. |
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June 4th - Onboard by myself
today, it was pretty lonely in the bottom of Turret #2. I decided to tackle the third immersion tank, this was how it looked when I broke for lunch. |
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| June 4th - End of the day, three immersion tanks down, two more to go! |
