All touchpoints on the hull where it is thin will be cropped and replaced. Fantail decking stripped and replaced. Structural reinforcement around the touchpoints. Refurbishment of 40mms, 20mm, searchlights, whaleboats. Replacement of some freshwater valves in heads. Redecking the pump room outside Reefer Deck. Removal of Cold War sonar amplifiers. Removal of Cold War fire control equipment. Removal of dumbwaiter installed in 1953. Returning area where the fire control equipment & dumbwaiter was to its WWII configuration as the Steward's Mates Berthing (i.e. segregated berthing). Repairing wasted metal decking in Sewing Room (former enlisted berthing). Replacing sewage tank. Repairing wasted metal decking in 5-inch guns. Refurbishing ventilation fan motors shipwide. Fabrication of the foundations for properly remounting 40mm guns. Blasting and painting entire exterior of ship from stem to stern, truck to keel in her 1944 Measure 32-10D camouflage as part of a new 10 yr educational venture depicting her three WWII camo schemes.
I have a scale model of a dry dock in my model stash waiting to be built.
Will she be returning to the same place she was?
@@onehurtcowboy: Baton Rouge is home.
What's all gonna be done to the ship?
All touchpoints on the hull where it is thin will be cropped and replaced. Fantail decking stripped and replaced. Structural reinforcement around the touchpoints. Refurbishment of 40mms, 20mm, searchlights, whaleboats. Replacement of some freshwater valves in heads. Redecking the pump room outside Reefer Deck. Removal of Cold War sonar amplifiers. Removal of Cold War fire control equipment. Removal of dumbwaiter installed in 1953. Returning area where the fire control equipment & dumbwaiter was to its WWII configuration as the Steward's Mates Berthing (i.e. segregated berthing). Repairing wasted metal decking in Sewing Room (former enlisted berthing). Replacing sewage tank. Repairing wasted metal decking in 5-inch guns. Refurbishing ventilation fan motors shipwide. Fabrication of the foundations for properly remounting 40mm guns. Blasting and painting entire exterior of ship from stem to stern, truck to keel in her 1944 Measure 32-10D camouflage as part of a new 10 yr educational venture depicting her three WWII camo schemes.
@@usskidd661 that's awesome! Thanks for the reply, just tuned into your channel and playing catch-up
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