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August 17th Photos Page |
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I was onboard on Wednesday, August 7th, Saturday, August 17th and again on Saturday August 31st, it's been a busy month! I took lots of pictures on Saturday the 17th, many of which are posted below. My next day onboard will be Friday, September 13th to work on Broadway and meet some of the ship's former crewman who will be holding their reunion onboard the ship. |
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| New
podium on the Quarterdeck to greet visitors was built and donated by one of the ships many volunteers, great job Ted! |
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| Think I've taken enough photos of these guns over the last 18 months? |
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| Close-up shot of the ships newly refurbished bell back in it's place again. |
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| Shot of the Aviation Shack on the fantail. |
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| I
visited O11 again today, love it up here on top of the world.
This is a shot looking aft at Stack #2 and the Aft Missile Deck |
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| Closeup of the top of Stack #1 shot from O11 looking aft. |
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| Looking aft down the Port Side from O11. |
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| Looking
forward from O11 down to Fire Control and open control area on O5. The top of Turret #2 is also visible in this shot. |
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| Shot of the Bow from O11. |
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| The ships pier is almost complete, this is how it looks from O11. |
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| A
closeup shot of an SLQ-32(V) Combination Antenna Unit. There are
two of these units up on O11 and they perform a combination of ECM and ECCM (Electronic Counter Measures and Electronic Counter-Counter Measures) duties. They provide a defense against anti-ship cruise missiles and their launch platforms by sending out jamming signals and false images. They are also integrated with the Mark 36 Super Rapid Bloom Offboard Chaff (SRBOC) launchers. |
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| From O11 there is one more level, up this ladder to Spot 1. |
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| The view up into Spot 1 through the hatch seen above. |
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are three seats up here, the center one is visible in the photo above. This shot is taken from the port side seat looking starboard. Pretty cramped spaces up here and hot too! |
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| This
shot was taken from the seat visible in the above photo looking toward the port side of the ship. Like many other areas of the ship there are optical periscopes up here, but I couldn't see anything through them. |
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| Close-up of one of the ships 4 Phalanx Systems used for close in defense. |
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| Climbed
back down into the lower levels of Turrets #1 and #2 again today, another place I never tire or visiting. This is a shot from the 3rd Shell Deck in Turret #2 looking down at the level where the powder hoists are loaded. |
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| Another
shot from the 3rd Shell Deck in Turret #2 looking down on 2 Powder transfer chutes and an immersion tank. |
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| Shot
inside Turret #2 looking up at the 3rd Shell Deck. The inside of Turrets #1 and #3 are almost identical, but #2 is the only one with three Shell Decks. Note the scuppers visible in this photo which were used to load shells up to the other two shell decks above. |
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| Shot of Control Panels in the Damage Control Area down on Deck 3. |
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| Another shot inside the Damage Control Area, everything still in its place down here. |
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| Alarm Console in the Damage Control Area. |
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| Shot of typical Fireroom Control Panel found along Broadway. |
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| View
from Deck 3 down to Aft Main Diesel 4 decks down. I think this is the deepest you can go below decks without climbing any vertical ladders, but these are some steep stairs! |
