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July 1st Photos Page |
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Below are some photos from my day onboard working as a volunteer and then attending the ships annual fund raiser, The Battleship Blast. During the day the Brass Team worked to get the ships brightwork on the main deck and O5 shining and ready for inspection. Then, when the work was done, I stepped into a nearby phone booth and emerged ready to party at the Battleship Blast. This years event was great, we had a big turnout, excellent food and drink, a great show, and, best of all, we raised a nice sum of money to help fund the ships operation for the coming year. Hope everyone had a great Holiday weekend! My next day onboard should be July 15th, hope to see you there! |
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| Any former Navy signalmen out there care to decipher what the flags say? |
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| Some
progress on the fantail project. Steps and decking have recently been added to afford visitors a better view of the Seasprite helicopter. Almost all of the deck work has been completed in this area while work on the 16-inch gun barrels of Turret #3 still continues. |
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| Some
of the gang working on the Forecastle shining the brass for the evenings festivities. I worked up on O5 with some other guys doing the same thing. |
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| A few hours later visitors onboard for the Battleship Blast admiring our work! |
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| One
of the highlights of this years Battleship Blast was a performance by this String Band Group on the Forecastle. They sounded great! |
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| Another shot of the Mummers just doing their thing! |
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| Several
of the ships Sea Cadets pose with a new recruit, well maybe someday... |
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| Wearing
her camouflage uniform it may be hard to pick her out, but this is one of the ships security guards and one of my long time buddies onboard. |
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| Vintage
30 Caliber Machine Gun on display on the fantail along with other artifacts from the ships permanent collection. This particular item was lovingly refurbished by one of the Brass Team's own, Great job Lew!! |
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| Event
graphics and some of the attendees under the tent for dinner on the fantail. What a dinner it was too, steak, chicken, crab cake, mashed potatoes and asparagus, Yum Yum!! |
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| After dinner it was time for fireworks, and they looked great over the river! |
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| While
the fireworks were going on, a fabulous selection of desserts was served on the Forecastle, again very tasty! |
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| As
has become a Battleship Blast tradition, following the fireworks the ship fired her Port and Starboard side ceremonial guns. This is the firing of the Port side gun. My trigger finger was a little slower this year, I missed capturing the fireball from the gun, oh well, what can I say, a good time was definitely had by all. |
