The
Restorations over the Years
1978-1979 |
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The Bridge before and after
1978
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Aft Diesel |
Port Side primed for painting |
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1980 |
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Anchor painting
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Forward Refueling Station
before 1980
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Forward Refueling Station
restored
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Radio Central |
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| Messdecks |
Boat
Winch
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1981 |
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Changing the AN/SPS-10 Radar Motor |
Proposed design for museum
1981
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Changing the AN/SPS-10 Radar Motor |
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The Mess Decks 1981
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The Galley 1981 |
The Stacks 1981 |
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Painting the Stern
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Lowering/raising the Anchor
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Air Compressor damaged from B-4 |
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1982 |
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The Chart House before 1981
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The Chart House
Restored |
The Ward Room and Chart
Table
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Up the Mast
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Signs, Stencils & Color
Codes
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The Ward Room |
Repainted Focsle |
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Ship's Bell |
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After Berthing
ripout crew
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1983 |
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| B-4 before restoration |
Starboard side
painting
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1984 |
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Replacing Heating Boiler Stack
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1985 |
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1988 |
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Volunteers
helped list the Kennedy 10 degrees to bring the waterline out of water to
repair holes.
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1989 |
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Building the Visitor Steps to Mount 51
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1991 |
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Replacing the rotted Propeller Guard
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2002 |
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Main Deck to bare metal
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2004 |
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Installing a real DASH hangar roll-up door after removing a wooden wall.
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Volunteers replacing the aft expansion joint. The joint was leaking
severly, flooding Aux Radio. Entire joint was stripped, prepped and a new rubber joint installed allowing the restoration of
Aux Radio to begin.
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2005 |
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General Field Day views
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Volunteers cutting out and replacing the rotted bottom of a Stanchion
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2006 |
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| Moving ASROC into magazine |
Pelorus stand completely rotted out--we rebuilt it
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| Real dedicated volunteer
crew. the 01 Deck above the laundry rotted thru flooding the laundry. In
one weekend, the crew prepped the old deck, the new piece, welded it water
tight and finished by priming and cleaning up. |
2007 |
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Installing a heavy duty cable in B-4
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ASROC blast shield stripping
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Painting
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Galley Crew |
Painting the Wardroom Pantry |
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2008 |
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Painting the whole port side forward
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Replacing rotted Stanchions and Davit Sockets on the 01 Torpedo
Deck
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| Decayed Davit Base repaired by volunteers |
Replacing the Anemometer or
windbird at the very top of the mast
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2009 |
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| Using original coffee urn for volunteers |
Removed heating boiler stack permanently
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Pumping out RAS pockets to clean drains
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Kids cleaning B-3 bilges |
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| Kids cleaning B-3 bilges |
Replacing ECM Antenna on aft mast |
Removed heating boiler stack permanently
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| Recaulking
Flight Deck Hatches |
ASROC containers with missiles inside
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ASROC full containers on
Flight Deck
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| Moving ASROC to pier |
Moving ASROCfrom pier to barge |
Moving DASH consoles to Flight
Deck |
Preping DASH for 1st lift to barge
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| DASH hookup |
DASH lift |
DASH on barge |
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| New Torpedo delivered |
Stuff to sort in Radar Room |
DASH helo, last landing on Kennedy
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First public display |
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Installing the
rotor blades
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22-23 April 2010 |
Loading new
ASROC training missiles into the ASROC magazine cradles.
An all
volunteer crew repaired the original handling tools to onload ASROC
missiles, including the 2 container dollies and crane. The missiles were
dollied from the flight deck to the magazine, lifted out of the
containers, up, over and into their cradles. All cradles were then
securely bolted and fin shields installed. The magazine should be opened
to the public in mid 2011. |
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2010 |
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Restoration from various years |
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ASROC crane
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B-4 during restoration
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Galley Painting |
