August
1st Work
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I
was onboard again on August 1st doing what I like to do most, work on
getting Big J ready for her grand opening. On this day I applied to
be an honorary gunners mate, and worked all day on Big J's gun turrets. I spent most of the morning chipping paint on the hatches
of Mount 56 in preparation for painting (I learned the numbering of the 5" mounts, studying hard
to become a permanent member of the gun crew). Then I moved up to Turret 1 where we spent the rest of the
day removing the nice stainless steel ladders off the turret, after they
had been painted by the contractor. They will be cleaned and put
back up in the near future. It's only been a week since my last
visit but the progress that's been made in that time is phenomenal.
The painting of the above deck areas is pretty much complete, they are now
doing touch up and cleanup work and painting the areas of the deck where
teak is missing. In a word she looks AWESOME sporting her new Battleship Gray paint job! Many items that had been residing on the
aft deck have been put into place such as antennas and radar dishes.
The mast is being wired with aircraft warning lights and soon it will be
put back in place. We're inside of a month now and you can feel the pace
of things quickening onboard. As usual, the spirit of the volunteers
is contagious, the end is in sight though and August 28th will be a proud day
for us all. That is the day the ship is scheduled to move to her new
pier in the Delaware River. I'll let you know more details of the
schedule for that day and the opening day when I get more concrete
details.
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Water Cooler in the
Wardroom, a place every volunteer knows well! |
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On the Quarter Deck,
permission to come aboard Sir! |
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The Brass Man, putting the
finishing
touches on yet another piece of brass. |
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Volunteers shining brass rails along deck. |
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Volunteers removing damaged plugs from the
deck. |
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Volunteer power washing deck areas. |
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That's me, helping remove the ladders from
Turret #1. |
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Here's the other anchor,
soon it will be returned where it belongs. |
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Area of steel deck repainted and looking
good! |
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Another area of steel deck that has been
repainted. |
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Area of steel deck waiting to be painted,
quite a difference! |
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Contractors working on painting the hull. |
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