USS Midway Museum

[Gnomey]

Good stuff!

 

[wheelsup_cavu]

That is so true, great pics! Man, that's a lot of brass to shine......

I get tired just thinking about it...


Wheels

 

[N4521U]

A short Bluejacket tale. I was a helicopter air sonar operator HS-4 in SH34J helicopters. We were on the Yorktown. I met the ship mid cruise at Subic Bay the Philippines, 1963. The first night I had to walk thru the hangar deck at night, my shins were in so much pain from the tie down chains on the aircraft, yes there were red lights in the ship at night, but you need to aclimate yourself to them for a couple of minutes. Lesson learned. But I sure liked the night at sea. On hot nights we used to sleep a while in the gun tubs forward, just the pulse of the ship and the breaking water on the bow. Our squadron quarters were forward, under the flight deck. You have never heard noise till you have heard the steam catapult slamming to a stop overhead, then the whir as it returned to starting position. She is a floating museum now. I took my Aussie wife to the 4th of July celebrations aboard one like her, the Hornet in Alameda. That brought back memories. I'm glad she was able to see where I "worked" as a young bloke. cheers, Bill

 

[syscom3]

Pic 33
The engine room below. The lower decks must have been quite hot, noisy and dirty.

Pic 34
Placard for the engine crew

Pic 35
The steam pipes were quite impressive. Can you imagine what would happen if this pipe ruptured like what happened in the WW2 sea battles?

Pic 36
The inside of one of the engines (this is one of the low pressure types). You can see the turbine in the upper right.

Pic 37
Placard for the tourists

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Very interesting Syscom! Thank you for sharing.

 

[Messy1]

Thanks for the additional pics Sys!

 

[wilbur1]

Those are bada$$ syscom thank you very much!

 

[syscom3]

Picture 38. In the engine room, it was nice to know how far down you are.

Picture 39. Placard for the tourists

Picture 40. Placard for the tourists

Picture 41. One of the air conditioners.

Picture 42. While heading back up to the hanger deck, I passed by the mess hall.

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

It's amazing how well maintained it is. Great stuff Syscom!!

 

[syscom3]

Here's some more pics.

Picture 43: Above the hanger deck were "control rooms" where the officers could watch over the planes and crewman, as well as direct fire crews and damage control teams.

Picture 44: Sign for tourists.

Picture 45: Damage control diagrams

Picture 46: Another control room.

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Cool!!

 

[B-17engineer]

Nice

 

[wheelsup_cavu]

Great stuff Sys.


Wheels

 

[syscom3]

Here's the SBD Dauntless they had in the hanger deck

 

[B-17engineer]

Nice photos!

 

[vikingBerserker]

Those are first rate.

 

[Gnomey]

Nice!

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

The old guys in the first couple of shots look like they are having a lot of fun. And great shots Syscom!!

 

[syscom3]

The old guys in the first couple of shots look like they are having a lot of fun. And great shots Syscom!!

One of them was an infantryman from the 90th Inf Division. He was telling us that for him and many of his buddies, the most feared weapon the Nazi's had was the nebelwerfer.

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Interesting .