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The stand on the bridge supported the TBT (target bearing transmitter). On it was a set of special binoculars and below it was the gyro compass repeater. The binoculars could swing freely and had a gripping handle on either side. On one of the handles was a transmitter button that, when depressed, transmitted the bearing of the binoculars to the TBT in the conning tower. These were binoculars were watertight and were left on the bridge when the boat dove. The tubular shaped locker appears to be a ready ammo locker that was retained when the boat was converted from its original configuration and the sail installed. We had several five-inch lockers aboard Carp that were mounted in the superstructure and were used for miscellaneous storage, such as paint, the paint sprayer, and other items used by the seaman gang when in port. The protective plexiglass dodger the swing down into the bridge, was called "the bubble" and provided protection from spray for the OOD -- it was not of any use for the lookouts. The are forward of the bridge (known as the doghouse) had the magnesyn compass and its transmitter -- the magnesyn repeater was mounted in the conning tower within view of the helmsman who could use it when the gyrocompass died.

Thank you for this presentation! I enjoy learning about the behind the scenes side of things!

Can a replica be made? Of Plaque

Thanks for the presentation and the great news, i'm glad to hear it! I would love to come up for one of your winter tours too. Since it's almost Thanksgiving, i've got to tell you that a short time ago, my uncle gave me a box of stuff that was my grandfather's that passed back in 1998. He was a LST sailor in WW2, and i was looking through his Bluejackets manual and found a Thanksgiving menu from the USS NEW ORLEANS, pretty cool!

Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours

That record is a 78 RPM record, it is a real treasure the 45 didn't come out until the early 50s and the LP in the late 40s.

Cool updates! Hope the winter tours go well, I’m especially interested in the ship archeology one, as you know that’s a particular interest of mine lol. Maybe I’ll be able to make it up for one. Making the booklet of general plans available is pretty cool. One idea that I thought might be cool is making a poster out of some of them to sell, or putting images from it on shirts and such. I was actually wanting to ask you at some point if you had any plans to collaborate with Haida. In addition to being too far from Buffalo, both her and The Sullivans entered service in the same year and were decommissioned within a few years of each other. It’s a really nice apples to apples comparison of American versus Royal Navy design doctrines imo, so I’m happy to see you guys have plans.

It sounds like an interesting tour group, but I can't travel from SC, to NY without freezing to death.

That looks like a 78 rpm. Not 45

We need to cut all funds for that country. They only see us as subhuman.

Hello from Jamestown

GOD BLESS YOU JOHN AND SEMPER FI!!

Catching you on the replay. For John from the Slater, "The Enemy Below" is a 1950s film with a destroyer escort vs. submarine duel. Stars Robert Mitchum as the DE commander.. There is at least one version on TH-cam.

You've got until as long as some one talks & until all of the story is done.,I would be like a ad.'s interupting.,So,The rules suck.

Midway is a great movie and doesn't deserve the hate it gets

It was a Great Live Stream today. I enjoyed watching it & interacting with those on screen & other viewers. 👍

Battleship Texas Foundation was a good source for plans when they sold some on Ebay for their drydocking fundraising. They are still on that forum selling naval ship plans, to help Battleship Texas.

The SS Superior City back in 1920 would have been a fleet mate to the E. C. Collins named for the Transportation manager of that fleet in 1916. The E. C. Collins later became the cement boat J. B. Ford scrapped in Feb 2021 to August 2022. Both ships were built on the Black River in Lorain, Ohio. The E. C. Collins was a sistership to the MacGilvray Shiras which has a strong connection to Buffalo in 1959. On a side note North of Detroit, Michigan guest of the Harsens Island Historical Society can blast the whistle from the J. B. Ford as a passing salute to ships in the River. One Long and Two Short.

Really informative video! I had no idea a shell was used in the launching of the planes from the ships. I’m wondering now if this was the procedure on all ships, or certain ones like Little Rock. 🤔

Nice

Great news

Quick foot note. Some of the first built/ early steamers were still built with masts for use with sails as a "back-up" as the "new" technology wasn't fully trusted by ship captains yet. It didn't take long however for steam engines to be proven reliable, and masts were dropped from building plans.... From Lansing, Michigan. Wishing you and your loved ones a great week.

Shane, thank you for answering my questions during the live chat! You and James had an awesome live stream! Thank you so much!

It is interesting material you went over.

Superior City & Willis King

⁠It really wasn’t ship maintenance if you watch the video of their director speaking about it the water levels lower and rise up to 6-8 feet in that general berthing area, more and more mud building up, the water level rising caused her to crash onto the mud pit and damaged the hull. Ships need to be in more then just 10-15 of water due to levels rising and dropping in some areas.

Ty for this presentation, Shane..very well done 👏. Those were some big gals for back in that time! I've read many books about Great Lakes shipwrecks as I'm just a tad bit obsessed with Maritime history. The Andea Doria and Stockholm is another famous collision ( a book was written about them) Ty for sharing this with us, tc

A very interesting story, I have heard of this wreck before. It seems like someone wasn't following the rules of the road.

So which Captain was found at fault for this collision? And this is just as interesting Shane.

Thanks Shane, i'm not terribly familiar with this particular wreck. Thanks for bringing it to my attention.

I wish you put the x of the real position of the wreck with the supposed course of both ships! It would tell me which ship was closer to the true course ! And when found could the rudder position be observed and what direction was it in ?

Please do more!

There are more wrecks in the GL than the Bermuda Triangle.

I don't follow y'all closely. Great news you all will be dry docking The Sullivans and Croaker !!! I always wish you folks well. There is only so much ship related stuff a person can watch. I followed the immediate efforts to revive The Sullivans. I'll try to pay more attention again for a while.

Excellent news. Wish I could help but it’s a long commute from the UK…..

Awesome, fast video. Honestly didn’t even see you making it. Thank you so much for letting me help out. Can’t wait to come back and help more. Called up several friends and we are researching the RCA equipment in the secondary radio room. Would like your blessing to get more pictures of the radios before the park closes for the season

Thanks for the update, Shane, I can't wait to see her Ship shape and, Bristol fashion. This one was perfect for Memorial Day weekend.

Did we miss the announcement of 'when' and 'to where' it's been decided Croaker and The Sullivan's are going? (Last I recall on the subject was the video where you ran through the locations that were under consideration!) 🧐😁

Thanks for keeping us up to date Shane, wish i was there helping out!

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It looks like you are going to be very busy for a while. I hope everything transitions smoothly, and I look forward to further videos of the Sullivans and Croker leading up to dry docking.

Wow this was fast, I was still driving home when this was uploaded 😂. As I said earlier, it was a pleasure meeting you and I’m glad we were able to surpass your expectations on quickness lol

*_Thats great news for The Sullivans. It's been a long time in coming and I can't wait to see the ship in dry dock. I wish I could volunteer but I live in Washington state. This last year has been great for the museum ships. Long live The Sullivans!!!_* 👣👣👣👣👣👣👣👣👣👣👣👣👣👣👣👣👣👣👣👣👣👣

​​Battleship NJ went through the same thing as you did.Dry docking prep work for a museum ship is a lot of work.Cause everything is handled the extra care.So you will not damage the artifact.Bravo Zulu to each every one of you guys

And I thought my moving days were bad....

something oddly familiar looking here…😁

It's a car type door not a door from a real car.

Good video! I’ve been on Drum and Cavalla and they look so different. Croaker of course looks like she got the same treatment that Cavalla got in terms of upgrades. It’s also interesting that Drum and Cavalla are displayed out of water and Croaker isn’t. On a side note, Shane, I sent you an email. If you didn’t get it let me know and I’ll try again!

This was simply amazing. The story of The Sullivan brothers is both tragic, and inspiring. Inspiring because they sacrificed everything to serve our country. I’ve heard it said that the story of The Sullivans was Steven Spielbergs inspiration for Saving Private Ryan, although I don’t know for sure. It’s wonderful that the original ship that honors their memory is still with us!

Hi, my theory is why the female workers signed the piece of work they completed was for quality control and also to start and correspond with any pilot that might fly the aircraft