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| Curtis Coffee and Garry Hisel prepare a passageway deck for a new coat of paint. | This clump of built up dirt was found in a corner under the ducts running through the galley passageway. | Curtis Coffee beginning to put down the new paint in the galley passageway. |
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| The wardroom passageway after the new coat of paint on the deck. | Jim Scott showing Eddie Scott and Nick Jochim how to disassemble a 20 mm gun. | Jim Scott headed up the team that sanded and refinished the 20 mm guns. |
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| A picture of a 20 mm gun that was refinished in the black and one begining the process. | Another comparison picture. | One of the exhaust vent grills getting a good cleaning ready for a new coat of paint. |
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| One early morning a crew arrived to begin painting the starboard side of the ship before the Jeffersonville trip. | Josh Morris stretching to paint all the way up to the main deck. | Garry Hisel presenting John Engstrom his 80 hour name badge. |
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| Kenny Adams presenting Larry Robinson and John Engstrom their E award pin. | Kenny Adams presenting Dave Schrader his 2000 hour jacket. | Once again we allow a son to relive what his father must have experienced on D-Day. |
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| Angie presenting Mike Kempf with the LST 1077 a poster signed by ship's volunteers commemorating the visit. | Angie Cutterridge showing off her Museum Alliance of Downtown Evansville (MADE) display on the ship's museum day. | On Site Health and Safety Services company prepares to begin a training exercise to remove someone from the confines of the ship. |
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Quad 40 mm's arrive in Evansville from the James River Fleet. | Twin 40 mm's and cover cocoons arrive in Evansville from the James River Fleet. | Dave Schrader worked diligently to find a suitable clip and replacement method to refurbish these floodlights. |
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Dave Schrader's complete refurbished light assembly. | One of our local neighbors, a turtle sunning on a rock to check out our wonderful "T". | Copying is supposed to be the greatest form of flattery but did this look good enough to honor the "T" for the boat parade? |
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Captain Jornlin giving one of his VIP tours to Captain Charles S LaSota, Commander of the NSWC Crane naval base (6 pictures). | Captain LaSota and his aide listen as the Captain explains the finer points of the engine room. | Captain Jornlin explaining the laptop computer and directing questions about it to Garry Hisel (behind the camera). |
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The captains returning after visiting aft steering. | Captain LaSota paused to read the August 15, 1945 radio message in the radio room. | Captain LaSota stopped to salute the ensign (as expected) as he departed the ship. |
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