I was again onboard the
ship on Tuesday, August 28th. I reported to Marty the Gun Commander
with the hope of helping work on the guns but instead I ended up polishing
brass again. With the ship scheduled to move in less than a week the
main push is to clean up the Tour Route areas and clean the decks and
other areas where the public will be permitted on tours. There were
some interesting items to polish though today, in Mount 56 one of the
original 5" gun caps was found, the only one left. We polished
it up real nice and turned it over to the curator, it'll probably be
incorporated into a museum display. Today was also the day that the
ships Ribbons and Decorations board was mounted on the ships
superstructure, it looks good and is a nice finishing touch to the work
done so far. I am happy to say that this will be the last day that I
take photos onboard with one time use cameras. I've just ordered a
new Olympus Digital Camera and can't wait until it gets delivered. I
love having new toys to play with and this one is going to be a lot of fun
to play with. Not much else exciting to report from today's visit,
like everyone else though I can't wait until the ship moves up
river. The volunteers are all excited about the opportunity to Man
the Rails when the ship moves, that will be a proud day for all of us,
hope it comes soon! Well that's it for now, below are some photos
taken on today's visit.
|