Battleship Photo Tour

Stern Plate

BB-59 Quarterdeck

main deck looking forward

Turret Y

Turret Y interior

Turret periscope

left gun turret Y

100 pound powder bags on loading tray, they used 6 typically.

Rammer, The red line indicates how far back the gun will recoil.

rammer and powder hoist door

Elevated gun turret Y

16″ 45 caliber

16″ Projectile removed from Jean Bart

looking aft

main deck hatch

Armor plate pierced by 8″ shell

Battle damage, Casablanca 1942

Damage from 8″ shore battery, 1942

armored citadel

looking forward towards pilothouse, port

armored door

looking forward from starboard bridgewing

searchlight port side amidships 03 level

40 mm quad portside forward

Looking Aft

armored door, conning tower

Turret A

5″ mount looking up from main deck

5″ 38 breach and gun carraige

5″ 38 gun mount fuse setter position

5″ 38 powder and shell hoist in gun mount

Forward turrets and bridge

Superstructure and Turret B

Forecastle

Crews Quarters

barbette

dental sick bay

radio central

passageway and crews quarters

barbette 2

5″ magazine and hoist room, one of several around the ship

40mm and 16″

barbette 1

sick bay

barbette

Compartment ID

passageway from powder mag to hoist area

16″ Powder magazine

powder transfer on bulkhead to hoist area

Powder hoist taken from 16″ magazine

16″ magazine

16″ shell in hoist

Broadway main passageway

powder transfer magazine to hoist

16″ projectile magazine

16″ Projectile magazine

Powder hoist, turret B

40 MM magazine

Spare 40mm barrels

port side 02 level looking forward

Battleship Cove 2009