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Cool... where's the Dauntless?

Be patient! :lol:

Picture 12: Passageway and cable bundles. It seems the ship was held together by cables!

Picture 13: Ready room setup for Vietnam war era (1965) when the F8U Crusaders were on board and flying missions.

Picture 14: A reminder that there were some good navy fighters around prior to the F-4 Phantom 2.

Picture 15: The ready room (?) for the CAG.

Picture 16: Anyone remember these typewriters that had simple word processing features?
 

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Picture 17: Another view of the hanger deck. The size of this is astounding!

Picture 18: Another passageway.

Picture 19: Steam controls.

Picture 20: Pipes and tubes everywhere. If you ever want to learn to be a pipefitter, then the navy is the place for you.

Picture 21: The welding shop
 

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The best part of the ship was the engine room. Ive never seen the engineering spaces of a large ship (USS Texas Memorial doesnt count).

Picture 22: The chief engine men [I dont know the correct term to call them] would monitor all four "screws" at this location. They could see at a glance what was happening to the boilers, turbines, generators and propeller shafts.

Picture 23: (ditto)

Picture 24: Theres something artistic about schematic charts to show how things work.

Picture 25: Not too many dials and gauges to watch, but if something fails on a ship of this size, look out!

Picture 26: Its a spartan "no frills" arrangement. I suppose the Nuke ships of the navy have a more interesting layout.
 

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Neat stuff. I have been wanting to go there for years, and always have the kids along. The wife says no every time. One of these days I will get down there to see it.
 
How far down into the ship were you able to go Sys?

They have one of the engine rooms open. Next set of pics will show that. I asked a docent about opening more of the engineering spaces to the public and he explained that theres a lot of asbestos issues to worry about, and .... all four engine rooms are the same. If youve seen one, youve seen them all.
 
How could you not explore on your own. I know I could not resist the temptation! To be around that much ship and history would be too much to much for me to resist.
 
The engine room was the neatest place on the ship. Its the part of the ship that's the most vital, yet the sailors who run the engines don't get much of the glory.

Pic 28. This was one of four "throttles", one for each screw.

Pic 29. Lots of analog gages as opposed to digital. Analog gauges are far easier on the eyes and brain
when trying to watch "data" over time, like to deduce trends and oscillations.

Pic 30. Notice the picture of the propellors and the sailor next to it.

Pic 31. The size of the steam pipes was impressive.

Pic 32. Lube oil testing had to be done frequently.
 

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