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| Pre-1964, at which time the 2nd-from-the-right gun mount was removed, anti-submarine rocket (ASROC) launcher was added amidships, and the entire superstructure was replaced. |
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| "Yes." :^) |
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| This pic was taken in 1974, while I was aboard. |
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Looks like she was taking a pretty good roll!
One of the guys on the Launch Platform Odyssey made a "Puke-O-Meter" out of a nut tied on the end of a string, and hanging vertically with a scale behind it that went from "Smooth Seas" to "Abandon Ship!!".
I'm sure you've seen them!
Could'a been 1944.
Nothing wrong with nostalgia. :-)
Hubby gets that more than me -- though I miss how the military was -- but especially about the SR-71.
Yeah, Jim, we had several "amateur" Puke-O-Meters around the ship. For whatever reason, we had an actual Inclinometer mounted on a desk in Ship's Office. I can tell you that at 47° roll to starboard, the office porthole (main deck) was underwater. Glad it only happened once. Of course, I can also tell you that it wasn't watertight at that same roll. :)
Ed, you're close. The pre-'64 version was launched in Feb. '45.
Thanks, Linda. And I get it. OldAFSarge on my sidebar was a crew chief for F4 Phantoms, and frequently waxes nostalgic over there, too.
Love the new header!
I rather thought you might. 😎
Padre, thank you for your service. These photos remind me of the times I went on NJROTC day cruise back in high school. Was a lot of fun. We sailed out of San Diego.
I still remember those terms, this is a bulk head,not a wall, hatch not door, this is a rife , in hand, that is a gun, deck mounted. Port, starboard, forward, aft. Ships company, Geedunk??
Rob, you’ve got it right. Geedunk is snacks and/or junk food. And forget it’s a scuttlebutt, not a water fountain. ⚓️
Hats off to all destroyer crews. My 14 days aboard a troopship was as close I as I cared to have to a sailor's life.
WSF, that’s an experience I’m glad to forego.
Very nice pictures Reverend. Thank you for sharing.
I was once on a fishing boat off Ireland where we got to a 20 degree incline. It was...unpleasant.
A 20 degree roll, unpleasant? We call that "gentle swells". Ah, well, it's a question of context, isn't it? :)
And THAT is why I went aviation... :-) Nice pics, and definitely a 'different' safe space. She was a FRAM 2, right?
Thanks, NFO. She was a "modified" FRAM 1, a third class of conversion that isn't mentioned much. The FRAM 2 ships tended to have the ASROC launcher aft, leaving Mt. 52 in place where the torpedo tubes were on the FRAM 1 ships. They removed Mt. 53 instead, for the same reason as the #1 versions: the launcher plus three gun mounts made the ships too topheavy.
If you've visited the Joey P. (USS Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. DD850) in Boston, she's about 98 or 99 percent the same as my ship. Same overall plan, but different shipyards. We're having our 2020 reunion in Boston, and will spend a day on the Kennedy while there.
Something I should know, but never asked when I was aboard the Iowa.
How are the gun mounts numbered? Is it related to the nearest frame number?
I learned to read the yellow stenciled blocks painted on the bulkheads, so I could look at one and have a pretty good idea where I am on the ship, but never asked about the mount numbers.....
drjim, on an Iowa-class battleship, they're numbered 1, 2, and 3.Regarding the numbering of Mounts 51, 52 and 53 on Gearing-class destroyers: I honestly don't know. Given the military's prediliction for that sort of thing, I'd make an educated guess that the 5 refers to the 5" caliber, however.
On a larger ship with varying sized mounts, it would make sense.
That would make sense, as all the 5" mounts on the Iowa also started with a "5".
I'll have to look at my deck layout and see how they're numbered. I just never paid much attention to it. When I had my "Tour Guide" hat on I got asked lots of questions, but never that one.
Saw your new header and was instantly reminded of the pleasantries of being at sea. And checking out your pics again brought back fond memories, plane guard duty, movies in the old Dash hanger, sleeping on my stomach with my feet hanging over the end to help me flex and keep myself in my conveted top rack, good times! And like all old sailors, we would go back and do it all over again.
Absolutely, Senior Chief. We’d do it again in a heartbeat.
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