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Pictures 1 and 2: The shipbuilders often built a very large scale Lucite model of the ships. This one was built for the Navy Bureau of Ships when the ships of this class were still under construction.

Pic 3 and 4: You are looking down from the hanger deck down to bottom recesses of the ship where the main repair shops were located. The service elevator was removed and a thick glass covering was put in place. I hope that in the future, these shops will be opened up as part of the tour.

Pics 5, 6 and 7: The elevator. The capacity and cycle times of the elevators dictate the operations tempo on board. As such, they are quite impressive.
 

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Great pics.

Does anybody know the name of the ship that was originally named the USS Midway, but had it's name changed so CV-41 could take the moniker?


tom
 
I visited the Midway on a trip to San Diego in August 2006. Would recommend this to anyone traveling there. The admission then was $15.00, but after being up and down and all along the carrier that admission price didn't seem so high. Some good places to eat in that area too.
 
Pic 1 and 2: Electrical damage control materials. Interesting concept to allow the bridging of power around damaged compartments. These were located in everywhere.

Pic 3: The mess deck and kitchen.

Pic 4: The bomb elevator stopped at this level.

Pic 5: A pexiglass barrier to keep the tourists from leaning over and falling into the bomb storage area.

Pic 6: All passages to the bomb stowage areas were protected by marines with "shoot to kill" orders.

Pic 7: Medical area. This was one of the first aid rooms. The most common ailment was for sailors getting stitches on their heads from forgetting to "duck" while walking from compartment to compartment.

Pic 8: An all service post office.

Pic 9: The machine shop.

Pic 10. Another pic of the bomb elevator at the mess deck.
 

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Great pics.

Does anybody know the name of the ship that was originally named the USS Midway, but had it's name changed so CV-41 could take the moniker?


tom

I'll answer my own question.

It was the CVE-63, renamed the St. Lo. Renaming a ship in service is supposed to bring bad luck.

The St. Lo was sunk by Kamikaze, Oct. 25th, 1944, in the closing stages of the Battle off Samar.

I wish my machine shop was as clean as the one on the Midway.


tom
 

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