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Willis Chung's Gallery
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2018Mar Battleship Cove
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Arriving at Battleship Cove on a cold, windy day
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USS Joseph P Kennedy, JR, a Gearing class destroyer.
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Battleship Cove is under the Charles M. Braga, Jr Memorial Bridge.
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Bow of the USS Fall River, CA-131, a Baltimore class heavy cruiser, commissioned in 1945.
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A classic Huey on display under the bridge.
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A landing craft from WW II, an LCM.
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For some reason a Cobra helicopter gunship is also on display. No real connection to the vessels...
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Front turret with 5 inch guns on the Joe Kennedy.
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Bridge and 12.75 inch Mk 32 torpedoes on the Joe Kennedy. Mk25 fire control radar atop the bridge.
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Radar domes, small units on the Joe Kennedy
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Map showing the vessels on display at Battleship Cove. We will visit 2 today, and 2 tomorrow.
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Soviet SS-N-2 (Styx) anti-ship cruise missile from the East German Hiddensee corvette
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AN/SPS-10 C-Band surface search radar at the top of the mast on the Joe Kennedy
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T-28 Trojan basic trainer, used by all services beginning in the 1950s. Ben uses his superwide lens.
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T-28 trainer up close with superwide lens
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T-28 trainer under the bridge.
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Flag and 40mm anti-aircraft batteries on the fantail of the USS Massachusetts.
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Ben on board the stern of the Joe Kennedy, photographing the rear 5 inch turret
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Rear 5 inch turret of the Joe Kennedy.
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Crossing over to the USS Lionfish, SS-298, a Balao-class attack sub commissioned in 1944.
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Looking at the stern of the Hiddensee, former East German frigate, originally in Soviet service.
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5 inch rear deck gun of the USS Lionfish
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Twin Styx anti-ship cruise missile launchers on the Hiddensee.
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The rear hatch of launcher 3 on the Hiddensee is opened for inspection.
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The front hatch on launcher 3 on the Hiddensee is opened and the launch rail is in position.
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Sets of 5 inch turrets on the starboard side of the USS Massachusetts.
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We go inside the USS Lionfish via the forward torpedo room.
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21 inch torpedos, 6 tubes forward, 4 tubes aft. Normal load was 24 torpedoes.
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Torpedo in position for loading into the tube.
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Ben getting a shot of the ladder we descended into the USS Lionfish.
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Propellor on the 21 inch Mark 14 torpedo.
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Watertight hatches between compartments in the USS Lionfish.
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Wardroom aboard the USS Lionfish.
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The Ship's Office aboard the USS Lionfish.
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Control room of the USS Lionfish, with dive plane controls on far wall.
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Dive plane controls in the USS Lionfish.
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Another view of the control room.
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Depth gauge in the control room aboard the USS Lionfish.
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Dead reckoning tracer, an automated system of predicting position using course and speed.
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Complicated junction box aboard the USS Lionfish.
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Small galley to feed all the men aboard the USS Lionfish. We liked the big mixer.
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Crew's mess aboard the USS Lionfish.
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Cutaway view of one of the 4 9-cylinder diesel engines powering the USS Lionfish.
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Engine room aboard the USS Lionfish.
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A generator status panel in the engine room of the USS Lionfish.
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Unknown switching device aboard the USS Lionfish.
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Generator control panel in the maneuvering room aboard the USS Lionfish.
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Hatch to the aft torpedo room.
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Counterrotating propellers on the Mark 14 torpedo
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Ben inspects a cutaway of the Mark 14 torpedo.
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