tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533651942397782565.post8397414258899150842..comments2024-03-28T07:14:36.275-07:00Comments on daily timewaster: USS New Jersey BB-62, East River NY 1948c w swansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02735507642689652780noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533651942397782565.post-41278283073562954942022-01-15T15:40:55.361-08:002022-01-15T15:40:55.361-08:00The first of multiple such mothballings for the fi...The first of multiple such mothballings for the fightingest battleships that ever sailed the seas.Aesophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07834464741531503378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533651942397782565.post-10936706260007695352022-01-14T14:22:42.092-08:002022-01-14T14:22:42.092-08:00Sister of The Big Badger Boat, BB-64 USS WISCONSIN...Sister of The Big Badger Boat, BB-64 USS WISCONSIN!SCOTTtheBADGERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12859188068159799373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533651942397782565.post-39473433003114248642022-01-14T13:15:49.910-08:002022-01-14T13:15:49.910-08:00she was then mothballed in Puget Sound at Bremerto...she was then mothballed in Puget Sound at Bremerton but was long years later after further service.HMS Defianthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10024721130102173694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533651942397782565.post-40650106495462608202022-01-14T10:52:22.548-08:002022-01-14T10:52:22.548-08:00Beaucoup photos here of USS New Jersey, including ...Beaucoup photos here of USS <i>New Jersey</i>, including one of tugs nudging her toward Bayonne . . . : http://www.navsource.org/archives/01/62a.htmAuntie Analoguenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533651942397782565.post-16927930318612337502022-01-14T10:02:28.364-08:002022-01-14T10:02:28.364-08:00When she came down the Juan De Fuca strait in '...When she came down the Juan De Fuca strait in '69 on the way to Bremerton I flew out and took photos. Fast forward 46 years, turns out my barber was Quartermaster on that voyage back then. I was able to share the photos with him. Flugelmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00158548139451148587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533651942397782565.post-45407648338884413392022-01-14T08:07:20.219-08:002022-01-14T08:07:20.219-08:00You can see 13 Tugboat funnels in the photo and th...You can see 13 Tugboat funnels in the photo and there at least 2 out front on the other ends of those tow lines.greggBChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07470813497160549422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533651942397782565.post-26073469044509137072022-01-14T07:47:09.107-08:002022-01-14T07:47:09.107-08:00Always wondered where that term came from - thanks...Always wondered where that term came from - thanks!Aggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11089648434324058300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533651942397782565.post-18188314875242505582022-01-14T07:05:48.837-08:002022-01-14T07:05:48.837-08:00The "'igloo'-like domes" were na...The "'igloo'-like domes" were named mothballs for their resemblance to mothballs and, as well, for mothballs' preservative qualities. A ship (and sometimes also an aircraft) thus clad is said to be mothballed.<br /><br />The photo likely shows USS <i>New Jersey</i> on her way to tie up at what was then the Bayonne Navy Base where scores of mothballed WWII warships lay in storage.Auntie Analoguenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533651942397782565.post-11505453898437766852022-01-14T06:26:28.890-08:002022-01-14T06:26:28.890-08:00They don't make 'em like that anymore.They don't make 'em like that anymore.John the Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13229901034384165935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533651942397782565.post-25771137827805516122022-01-14T03:51:14.792-08:002022-01-14T03:51:14.792-08:00A quick Al Gore's interweb search came up with...A quick Al Gore's interweb search came up with, "The "igloo"-like domes on the ship were placed over her anti-aircraft guns as protection from the elements."Peaowednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533651942397782565.post-69581502539872935482022-01-13T23:16:04.950-08:002022-01-13T23:16:04.950-08:00Looks like she had to remove the upper parts to fi...Looks like she had to remove the upper parts to fit under the bridge. What are those umbrella looking things?Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15452530649659364201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533651942397782565.post-14980273597789780002022-01-13T22:04:51.509-08:002022-01-13T22:04:51.509-08:00Postwar photo of her mothballed, with her propulsi...Postwar photo of her mothballed, with her propulsion system shut down. Hence the many tugs required to shepherd her.Auntie Analoguenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533651942397782565.post-2399155531824023412022-01-13T22:00:05.984-08:002022-01-13T22:00:05.984-08:0016 (maybe more) tugs to move her?
At least 20 cre...16 (maybe more) tugs to move her?<br /><br />At least 20 crew standing around on the bow deck! A towing line breaks, they could be in a world of hurt. Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722792638246578812noreply@blogger.com