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<blockquote data-quote="TerryMiller" data-source="post: 3688280" data-attributes="member: 7900"><p>Quite a day today at Mobile's Battleship Memorial Park. However, some old feller decided that he needed to carry two cameras, as well as wearing a backpack with three more lenses it it. By the time we managed to tour the main deck and the upper decks that were open, my knee and back were both giving me grief. So, I let the wife and youngest son go back aboard and tour the lower decks, where she took photos for me. Meanwhile, I went and sat in the Expedition to favor my knee and back.</p><p></p><p>When they came out of the USS Alabama, it was raining, so they went to the Aviation Pavilion to wait it out. When it stopped, I then gathered up my other camera and met them there. Youngest son and I then toured the USS Drum.</p><p></p><p>What I can again say is that after making these tours, I have a heck of a lot more respect for the men that served aboard such vessels in WWIi. Some of those spaces were extremely small.</p><p></p><p>From the Aviation Pavilion. Note the bomb to the front of the airplane. It has a kitchen sink attached to the bottom of it.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://terrymiller.smugmug.com/Museums-and-Historical/Battleship-Memorial-Park-Mobile-AL/Aviation-Pavilion-Area/i-6v6HPvG/A" target="_blank"><img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/Museums-and-Historical/Battleship-Memorial-Park-Mobile-AL/Aviation-Pavilion-Area/i-6v6HPvG/0/5a4e3ed5/X2/DSC_1994-X2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>Speaking of small spaces, this is a space in a 5-inch gun turret along the side of the battleship. Two other areas next to the two barrels have a whole lot more space for a sailor to sit and operate the guns. They also had full sized metal seats upon which to sit.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://terrymiller.smugmug.com/Museums-and-Historical/Battleship-Memorial-Park-Mobile-AL/Battleship-USS-Alabama/i-qpJLrpQ/A" target="_blank"><img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/Museums-and-Historical/Battleship-Memorial-Park-Mobile-AL/Battleship-USS-Alabama/i-qpJLrpQ/0/2d5d6656/X3/DSC_2230-X3.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>This is the rear end of a 5-inch gun, and the vertical thing at the rear is where the spent casing is ejected from the gun turret.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://terrymiller.smugmug.com/Museums-and-Historical/Battleship-Memorial-Park-Mobile-AL/Battleship-USS-Alabama/i-bqXt4mk/A" target="_blank"><img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/Museums-and-Historical/Battleship-Memorial-Park-Mobile-AL/Battleship-USS-Alabama/i-bqXt4mk/0/36d11cbd/X2/DSC_2231-X2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>The USS Drum is a Gato class submarine and was the first submarine commissioned at the beginning of WWII. She has two distinctions, one of which is that she is the first submarine to become a museum submarine in the United States. In addition, due to damage in WwII, she was fitted with a Balao class submarine conning tower. I guess one could call her a hybrid.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://terrymiller.smugmug.com/Museums-and-Historical/Battleship-Memorial-Park-Mobile-AL/Submarine-USS-Drum/i-fXh4FnL/A" target="_blank"><img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/Museums-and-Historical/Battleship-Memorial-Park-Mobile-AL/Submarine-USS-Drum/i-fXh4FnL/0/49ed150b/X2/DSC_4839-X2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>And this is a three-man officer's stateroom. Talk about close quarters...</p><p></p><p>...I'll pass.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://terrymiller.smugmug.com/Museums-and-Historical/Battleship-Memorial-Park-Mobile-AL/Submarine-USS-Drum/i-dgbzQ9m/A" target="_blank"><img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/Museums-and-Historical/Battleship-Memorial-Park-Mobile-AL/Submarine-USS-Drum/i-dgbzQ9m/0/30a63484/X2/DSC_4885-X2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>Tomorrow, weather permitting, we will visit Fort Gaines on Dauphin Island and Fort Morgan near Fort Morgan on the East Shore. And, I don't plan on trying to carry so much camera equipment. Since we won't be in tight spaces, I probably won't need extra lenses.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TerryMiller, post: 3688280, member: 7900"] Quite a day today at Mobile's Battleship Memorial Park. However, some old feller decided that he needed to carry two cameras, as well as wearing a backpack with three more lenses it it. By the time we managed to tour the main deck and the upper decks that were open, my knee and back were both giving me grief. So, I let the wife and youngest son go back aboard and tour the lower decks, where she took photos for me. Meanwhile, I went and sat in the Expedition to favor my knee and back. When they came out of the USS Alabama, it was raining, so they went to the Aviation Pavilion to wait it out. When it stopped, I then gathered up my other camera and met them there. Youngest son and I then toured the USS Drum. What I can again say is that after making these tours, I have a heck of a lot more respect for the men that served aboard such vessels in WWIi. Some of those spaces were extremely small. From the Aviation Pavilion. Note the bomb to the front of the airplane. It has a kitchen sink attached to the bottom of it. [url=https://terrymiller.smugmug.com/Museums-and-Historical/Battleship-Memorial-Park-Mobile-AL/Aviation-Pavilion-Area/i-6v6HPvG/A][img]https://photos.smugmug.com/Museums-and-Historical/Battleship-Memorial-Park-Mobile-AL/Aviation-Pavilion-Area/i-6v6HPvG/0/5a4e3ed5/X2/DSC_1994-X2.jpg[/img][/url] Speaking of small spaces, this is a space in a 5-inch gun turret along the side of the battleship. Two other areas next to the two barrels have a whole lot more space for a sailor to sit and operate the guns. They also had full sized metal seats upon which to sit. [url=https://terrymiller.smugmug.com/Museums-and-Historical/Battleship-Memorial-Park-Mobile-AL/Battleship-USS-Alabama/i-qpJLrpQ/A][img]https://photos.smugmug.com/Museums-and-Historical/Battleship-Memorial-Park-Mobile-AL/Battleship-USS-Alabama/i-qpJLrpQ/0/2d5d6656/X3/DSC_2230-X3.jpg[/img][/url] This is the rear end of a 5-inch gun, and the vertical thing at the rear is where the spent casing is ejected from the gun turret. [url=https://terrymiller.smugmug.com/Museums-and-Historical/Battleship-Memorial-Park-Mobile-AL/Battleship-USS-Alabama/i-bqXt4mk/A][img]https://photos.smugmug.com/Museums-and-Historical/Battleship-Memorial-Park-Mobile-AL/Battleship-USS-Alabama/i-bqXt4mk/0/36d11cbd/X2/DSC_2231-X2.jpg[/img][/url] The USS Drum is a Gato class submarine and was the first submarine commissioned at the beginning of WWII. She has two distinctions, one of which is that she is the first submarine to become a museum submarine in the United States. In addition, due to damage in WwII, she was fitted with a Balao class submarine conning tower. I guess one could call her a hybrid. [url=https://terrymiller.smugmug.com/Museums-and-Historical/Battleship-Memorial-Park-Mobile-AL/Submarine-USS-Drum/i-fXh4FnL/A][img]https://photos.smugmug.com/Museums-and-Historical/Battleship-Memorial-Park-Mobile-AL/Submarine-USS-Drum/i-fXh4FnL/0/49ed150b/X2/DSC_4839-X2.jpg[/img][/url] And this is a three-man officer's stateroom. Talk about close quarters... ...I'll pass. [url=https://terrymiller.smugmug.com/Museums-and-Historical/Battleship-Memorial-Park-Mobile-AL/Submarine-USS-Drum/i-dgbzQ9m/A][img]https://photos.smugmug.com/Museums-and-Historical/Battleship-Memorial-Park-Mobile-AL/Submarine-USS-Drum/i-dgbzQ9m/0/30a63484/X2/DSC_4885-X2.jpg[/img][/url] Tomorrow, weather permitting, we will visit Fort Gaines on Dauphin Island and Fort Morgan near Fort Morgan on the East Shore. And, I don't plan on trying to carry so much camera equipment. Since we won't be in tight spaces, I probably won't need extra lenses. [/QUOTE]
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