by taskforce48 » Tue Jun 24, 2025 12:10 am
Work on my 3D model of the Utah got sidetracked for sometime, been almost year since working on it
But took a few minutes to knock the digital dust off and add a few details. I would say she is about 70% done, still a lot of minute details and most of the Port side details yet to add.
The mystery of her Concrete deck still haunts me, I feel I have it as photos support, but so much is still in question. Looking at the wreck images, I am beginning to believe that the concrete was carried aft further around the 5/25's. Nothing concrete(see what I did there?) but a feel that I get from images taken of the wreck that it may have been removed during the righting process.
This image captures what makes me think it was there. Around the square base of the 5/25, there is a wood frame or margin plank. While these are not unusual around fittings, this one is clearly raised which is odd as they were usually flush with the deck. One then also needs to ask why there would be the need for a raised plank frame around something that would be covered by the base of the gun mount? I believe this was there and at one point surrounded by cement which would have made this flush and made it easier if the mount were to be removed later as this foundation would not be cemented in. We see the righting cables draped across the hull which this operation could have necessitated the removal of the concrete or knocked it loose.
The tone difference has made me wonder in this image as well, Just forward of the 5/25 on the right we see the dividing line that is visible in the wreck images where cement becomes wood. But there is clearly two very different tones here, shadows are evident, so don't believe it to be that. There is a hose just behind the 5/25 on the left, so it's possible it is a wet deck which would help explain the uneven shape of the darker area but then we look just behind the breech of the right 5/25 and see an almost perfect square that stands out if it were just random wet deck. So not sure if I want to extend the cement deck further aft or as this image may suggest, just around the 5/25's themselves. Any one else care to take a stab at what we are seeing?
Matt
Work on my 3D model of the Utah got sidetracked for sometime, been almost year since working on it :eyes_spinning:
But took a few minutes to knock the digital dust off and add a few details. I would say she is about 70% done, still a lot of minute details and most of the Port side details yet to add.
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The mystery of her Concrete deck still haunts me, I feel I have it as photos support, but so much is still in question. Looking at the wreck images, I am beginning to believe that the concrete was carried aft further around the 5/25's. Nothing concrete(see what I did there?) but a feel that I get from images taken of the wreck that it may have been removed during the righting process.
[attachment=1]Wreck Crop.PNG[/attachment]
This image captures what makes me think it was there. Around the square base of the 5/25, there is a wood frame or margin plank. While these are not unusual around fittings, this one is clearly raised which is odd as they were usually flush with the deck. One then also needs to ask why there would be the need for a raised plank frame around something that would be covered by the base of the gun mount? I believe this was there and at one point surrounded by cement which would have made this flush and made it easier if the mount were to be removed later as this foundation would not be cemented in. We see the righting cables draped across the hull which this operation could have necessitated the removal of the concrete or knocked it loose.
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The tone difference has made me wonder in this image as well, Just forward of the 5/25 on the right we see the dividing line that is visible in the wreck images where cement becomes wood. But there is clearly two very different tones here, shadows are evident, so don't believe it to be that. There is a hose just behind the 5/25 on the left, so it's possible it is a wet deck which would help explain the uneven shape of the darker area but then we look just behind the breech of the right 5/25 and see an almost perfect square that stands out if it were just random wet deck. So not sure if I want to extend the cement deck further aft or as this image may suggest, just around the 5/25's themselves. Any one else care to take a stab at what we are seeing?
Matt