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PostPosted: Sat Dec 21, 2013 2:20 pm 
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To answer a request by Sargentx in the main forum I offer the attached photos and diagrams.

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Stowed position CL-145
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I have a photo of this operational use of the boat boom that is dated 1931
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This is a crop from a larger photo of Iowa at NY, 1943. The Port side Aft boat boom is rigged but not out. You can see the king post which sits in a deck fitting and supports the rigging lines. You can also see the fittings on the hull which support the boom when it is stowed.
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Iowa enroute museum duty, Starboard forward Accommodation Ladder, lifted but not stowed.
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 22, 2013 10:19 am 
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thanks for the pictures. Great to see.
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 22, 2013 11:56 am 
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While researching and building the USS Ajax AR-6 I found it curious that I'd see boat booms on the starboard side of the ship and not on the port side in many photos that I found of the ship. I thought that this was odd.

USS Ajax veterans on the FaceBook page verified, for me, that, that was true. Starboard side only. But, they could provide no reason for it.

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PostPosted: Sun Dec 22, 2013 9:44 pm 
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Carl, with regards to the USS Ajax, it could be something as simple as ceremonial/visitors being done on the stbd side, also seems like she always had the Destroyers tied up on the port side negating the need for the port booms, just a thought.

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