BB62vet wrote:
Here is a photo of CB3 in Philly in 1947:
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CB3 @ Phily 1947.jpg
You can see the windscreen frame and canopy on the Secondary Conn (upper level open bridge). This station is manned during entering & exiting port evolutions, not during General Quarters or at sea operations.
The Plexiglas windscreens are designed to give added protection against the elements for bridge personnel and I can say as one who has stood many bridge watches during good and also extremely inclement weather conditions that the windscreens were a welcomed addition - aesthetics be damned! When you're taking Greenies over the bridge in 35' Pacific swells, the windscreens were a welcome addition!
Just my 2 cents worth!
Really thats the secondary con? I'll add to Ian Roberts that I would like to know more about that because in the Pic of Capt. Noble he seems to be up there and I also read that passage in Friedmans book. During General Quaters I can understand going into the Conning tower but normaly at sea? this would inhibit visibilty of the CO, wouldn't it? The plan froM Floating Drydock calls it Conning Station. Also the plans in Friedmans book calls it Conn. Maybe you are confusing something here because of the comment that "any captain can chose to stay on the open bridge and get shot if he wants to" or something like that in Friedmans book?
I like those screens, I don't like open bridges all to much so I understand that you'd like em