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07-28-12, 05:21 PM
Found (okay, rediscovered) these two web sites earlier today:
http://jpkennedyjr.webs.com/jpkvol.html
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.170950312959332.57433.170861519634878&type=3
They really show the amount of hard work and dedication needed to keep a museum ship in good condition and displayed with as much historical accuracy as possible. I last went to Battleship Cove in July, 2009, and based on recent photos I've seen of her, the ship looks substantially nicer than it did three years ago. Here's a list of work done over a four day period alone back in 2011:
Electrical
Repaired lighting in compartment A-411A
Repaired Passageway light in the forward officers passage
Repaired coffee brewing machine
Restored ventilation and lighting to Mt 51
Rewired controller and start switch on No #1 air compressor in the Aft Engineroom.
Repaired and relocated pressure switch on No #1 air compressor in the Aft Engineroom
Repaired lights in B-4 Aft Engine Room.
Isolated and repaired switchboard grounds in DASH hangar
Fixed wiring on lower level B-3 Aft Fireroom
Mechanical Maintenance
Removed all vent covers for summer service
Sealed 2" pipe on torpedo deck
Repaired and closed all hinged covers on torpedo mounts
Repaired and sealed optical doors on Mt 51 to prevent water intrusion into the gun mount.
Installed watertight door mechanism on door (01 level to torpedo deck, port side)
Fixed door to Burke Museum
Special Projects
Bow to stern bilge crawl--photo documentation of hull conditions
Bow to stern bilge crawl--ultrasound of hull, selected areas on main deck
B-4 bilge cleaning of all pockets for debris.
Painting Projects (Major man power efforts was given here)
Prep and priming of interior of Mt 51.
Needle gunning and wire wheeling the overhead and bulkheads of the starboard side main deck forward of the breakwater.
Use of needle gun, and deck crawler to prep and prime the fantail.
Use of deck crawler to prep and then paint the DASH flight deck.
Prep, prime, and finish coat to 25 feet of overhead on the port side main deck. This is the last area on the port side main deck needed to be completed.
Prepped, primed and painted the port side signal deck and bridge wing. Continued to prep and prime forward rail of Signal Deck as well.
General Restoration
Cleaned out ASROC magazine of spare and unwanted material.
Completed upholstery restoration on Messdecks.
Added protective coatings to Bridge wing wooden trim.
Made new Plexiglas panel for wing urinal and changed out mounting hardware to stainless steel.
Installed and secured both bridge wing voice tube weather covers.
Installed fire wand retainer bracket port side main deck at Frame 80
Installed CO2 Foam canister rack in main passageway that was taken from HORNE.
Field Day specific
Manned Galley and Messdecks to provide meals to all hands from Thursday night to Sunday morning.
Cleaned, sorted, and manned storeroom for field day.
Participated in "Meet the Veterans" program
http://jpkennedyjr.webs.com/jpkvol.html
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.170950312959332.57433.170861519634878&type=3
They really show the amount of hard work and dedication needed to keep a museum ship in good condition and displayed with as much historical accuracy as possible. I last went to Battleship Cove in July, 2009, and based on recent photos I've seen of her, the ship looks substantially nicer than it did three years ago. Here's a list of work done over a four day period alone back in 2011:
Electrical
Repaired lighting in compartment A-411A
Repaired Passageway light in the forward officers passage
Repaired coffee brewing machine
Restored ventilation and lighting to Mt 51
Rewired controller and start switch on No #1 air compressor in the Aft Engineroom.
Repaired and relocated pressure switch on No #1 air compressor in the Aft Engineroom
Repaired lights in B-4 Aft Engine Room.
Isolated and repaired switchboard grounds in DASH hangar
Fixed wiring on lower level B-3 Aft Fireroom
Mechanical Maintenance
Removed all vent covers for summer service
Sealed 2" pipe on torpedo deck
Repaired and closed all hinged covers on torpedo mounts
Repaired and sealed optical doors on Mt 51 to prevent water intrusion into the gun mount.
Installed watertight door mechanism on door (01 level to torpedo deck, port side)
Fixed door to Burke Museum
Special Projects
Bow to stern bilge crawl--photo documentation of hull conditions
Bow to stern bilge crawl--ultrasound of hull, selected areas on main deck
B-4 bilge cleaning of all pockets for debris.
Painting Projects (Major man power efforts was given here)
Prep and priming of interior of Mt 51.
Needle gunning and wire wheeling the overhead and bulkheads of the starboard side main deck forward of the breakwater.
Use of needle gun, and deck crawler to prep and prime the fantail.
Use of deck crawler to prep and then paint the DASH flight deck.
Prep, prime, and finish coat to 25 feet of overhead on the port side main deck. This is the last area on the port side main deck needed to be completed.
Prepped, primed and painted the port side signal deck and bridge wing. Continued to prep and prime forward rail of Signal Deck as well.
General Restoration
Cleaned out ASROC magazine of spare and unwanted material.
Completed upholstery restoration on Messdecks.
Added protective coatings to Bridge wing wooden trim.
Made new Plexiglas panel for wing urinal and changed out mounting hardware to stainless steel.
Installed and secured both bridge wing voice tube weather covers.
Installed fire wand retainer bracket port side main deck at Frame 80
Installed CO2 Foam canister rack in main passageway that was taken from HORNE.
Field Day specific
Manned Galley and Messdecks to provide meals to all hands from Thursday night to Sunday morning.
Cleaned, sorted, and manned storeroom for field day.
Participated in "Meet the Veterans" program