Ok, time for some more changes to the foc'sle!! Going back to Matthew's "Brackety things" I decided to do a head count and try to match them up with the film. Well, thats when things became painfully obvious to me that not only did a few brackets have to be removed but also the entire anchor plate had to be reshaped.
I'll try to describe what I did by focusing on the starboard side first and then the port side.
First, all of these brackets that seem to be floating in no mans land is the reason I started to question what was going on.

Comparing the above pic with this shot of the ship you can see the two brackets on the far right are no longer there in 1941. The other two are there but not quite like the kit (and plans) show. Anchor plate is behind each bracket which extends up to the bow.

On the starboard side, the fix was easy. I just added a strip of styrene as seen here.

Now, notice the location of this bracket and notice the shape of the anchor plate around this bracket.

Compared to this, it is obvious the plate is wrong on the kit.

Time to rip up the plate and start cutting. This is how the starboard plate should look.

The port side has issues as well.
Notice how high the cutout on the plate goes up to the bow. It almost goes up as high as the hatch.

So, more cutting of the port side plate and this is how both sides should look.

It is interesting that the plans do not show these changes to the plates. The plans still show the original configuration of the plates after the ship was modernized in the 30's.
Now, if I can only find some studded anchor chain! It should all go back together nicely.
Thanks for looking!