Toured the USS Alabama, a South Dakota class battleship and the USS Drum a WWII submarine.
Machine shop
Brig
16"shells for the main guns.
Powder magazine for the main turrets.
Lower control room and CIC.
Engine room and controls.
Boilers to run the steam turbines
Steam turbine and gear reduction behind it.
5" shell powder and shell magazine.
5" and 16" gun fire controls
Gyro for aiming the 16" guns.
Loading ports for the 16" guns. Seems they haven't cleaned their glass lately!
Inside the 16" gun turret.
5" Guns
Upper bridge
Still hard to see where you are going from way up here.
Think they were forgetting to lead the airplanes?? Lol.
Ramp/catapult for launching spotter plane.
USS Drum. I didn't take many pictures since I was just through one of these a few weeks ago.
Control room.
Bridge and para-scope
Torpedo room. Love all the shiny brass, but sure wouldn't want to be the one to polish it!
T-55 from Iraq.
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