70bigblockdodge
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Alright show some pics of berthing quarters so I can show my wife that the master bedroom is big enough.
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tbm3fan
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However, Bob, I would imagine you would feel at home eating where the old goats eat. Don't you think?
70bigblockdodge
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The U.S. Navy the only place you can get coffee cake with real coffee grounds in it, true story.
tbm3fan
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70bigblockdodge
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Got any shots of the engine or fire rooms.
70bigblockdodge
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Ahhh home sweet home. What a great place to pass out after a night out.
tbm3fan
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Admiral is a bit bigger than a living room so show her this.
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The link I posted has shots of engine rm #1 and some of the trashed fire rooms. We have finally managed to restore one of the four fire rooms by moving some pieces of equipment around. Have yet to find the time to go down and shoot pictures of it. By their nature we don't allow people into them due to being tight, with oily decks and the ever present asbestos.
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One more a little different of a ship leaving the Bay Area for the last time under the Golden Gate Bridge. Had the privilege of being brought inside her for a top to bottom tour by the fellow who drew up the modernization plans for the four sisters at the Long Beach Naval Shipyard.
70bigblockdodge
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I've been under that bridge a few times.
commando1
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Who's the decorator for these things??
Look like it was done in the style of Early ironside.
Look like it was done in the style of Early ironside.
Nope....I accustomed to eating C-rats or MRE's! LOL!
C-rats.....the first Happy Meal! LOL!
And then these nasty MRE's showed up......I would rather eat C-rats any day!.
These were the cigarettes that came in the C-rats.
One pack per C-rat.......5 cigarettes in a pack.
One pack per C-rat.......5 cigarettes in a pack.
Fratzog
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This land lubber just figured out where the expression "ship shape" came from. Nice! Thanks for the pics and info.
commando1
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For the Marines:
tbm3fan
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Who's the decorator for these things??
Look like it was done in the style of Early ironside.
It is a warship built during WWII so nothing fancy. This type of wood paneling I've seen on dozens of Reserve ships built from 1950-80. Quick, easy, and throw it up. Better than all steel bulkheads like the crew.
Remember this ship sailed from November 1943 to June 1970 and then she was closed up. So literally a time capsule when you walk through the ship.
Have you been to the Pensacola Naval Air Museum? Should see it. In the storage rooms they have every scoreboard of every carrier in the US Navy, except the ones sunk. Over a hundred score boards. We happen to have a duplicate of our scoreboard up. The reason is because Pensacola has hanging in public just one scoreboard - the most victories of any carrier. That board is ours, the USS HORNET.
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http://youtu.be/wHRNRO_RdC4
This is the ship I was on the U.S.S. Hepburn FF-1055 from sep 85 to nov 89 never missed a underway and this was probably while on deployment/west pac 88-89 (a 6mo. cruise away from your home port) so in this video somewhere deep in the amid ships bowels is a young 70bigblockdodge either standing watch as engine room upperlevelman or thottleman as underway replemishment (unrep) is done under resricted manuvering. Those were my usual watches during the last couple of years, with engine room supervisor during normal steaming.
This is the ship I was on the U.S.S. Hepburn FF-1055 from sep 85 to nov 89 never missed a underway and this was probably while on deployment/west pac 88-89 (a 6mo. cruise away from your home port) so in this video somewhere deep in the amid ships bowels is a young 70bigblockdodge either standing watch as engine room upperlevelman or thottleman as underway replemishment (unrep) is done under resricted manuvering. Those were my usual watches during the last couple of years, with engine room supervisor during normal steaming.
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