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PostPosted: Mon Jul 19, 2021 9:14 am 
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OK, so that answers my question re. the other 3 ships - BB-63 also has the fwd. refueling tripod on the main deck. These newer refueling stations, etc. were probably more up to date designs for the distillate fuel that the ships burned after conversion from fuel oil in the '80s refits.

Thanks for posting that photo!

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What's the proper color of the deck under the anchor chains on the Iowa class BB's (1980/1990)?
Was it black or was it a really dark gray?


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PostPosted: Thu Jul 29, 2021 6:46 am 
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QMG_Waz wrote:
Thanks that pic helps me a lot, ties together the detail I wanted from this photo, re position fwd RAS point

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That's an interesting detail photo and prompts a question from me! Did any of the other three Iowa Classes ever carry the USN / NATO UNREP Code panels and numbers as circled in red here on Missouri?

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And as an observation the location of what is presumably the Pioneer RPV Satcom Dome is interesting. First time I have noticed it positioned there behind the Phalanx Guns as circled in blue. I imagine it was mounted there temporarily pending fitting to the aft funnel as per normal?


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With regards to the previous question about the color of the BB63 forward main deck by way of the anchor chains. Looking at my photos from 2013 aboard Missouri, the foredeck is currently painted in Deck Blue. As this is a museum ship it is not evidence of previous painting but suggestive that this was probably the case during her late deployments.

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Fliger747 wrote:
With regards to the previous question about the color of the BB63 forward main deck by way of the anchor chains. Looking at my photos from 2013 aboard Missouri, the foredeck is currently painted in Deck Blue. As this is a museum ship it is not evidence of previous painting but suggestive that this was probably the case during her late deployments.

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This video from Battleship New Jersey's Youtube channel mentions that in her current state as a museum ship they try to keep her in her authentic 1980s era colours. A notable exception however being the deliberate painting of her steel decks in a lighter grey colour than when she was in service. This for heat reduction purposes as the darker grey absorbs more sunlight and generates more heat within the ship. And the museum wishes to keep the temperature a little lower than it was in her active service days to facilitate museum visitor comfort:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5PzL7Yeops

Their YouTube channel is an excellent resource on the whole. Well worth a look.


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As to the Missouri museum ship I haven’t measured the reflectivity of the deck paint though I could have if I had been interested. I can only comment that it appears to be the standard deck gray. The interior of the ship is controlled much as with ships that had been in the reserve fleet wit regards to temp and humidity.

This does however reinforce the principle that museum ships are not completely primary sources. Somewhere I have photos taken from the bridge which show the turret tops well.

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PostPosted: Mon Aug 02, 2021 4:10 am 
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There is one on Wikipedia from 2008, not sure has she been repainted since? Photo reposted for ease of viewing:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USS_Missouri_watching_over_USS_Arizona_-_Pearl_Harbor.jpg

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No 1 Main gun turret has a light grey roof on the museum ship. I have never seen a photo of it like that in active service. Not on Missouri in the 1980s and early 1990s anyway. Not to say one definitely does not exist or that it definitely never happened. The turret could also be open to the public and repainted light grey for heat reduction reasons like on New Jersey? I don't know, have never been to the Missouri Museum. It is on the list to do for sure though.

New Jersey had light grey main gun turret roofs initially in the early 1980s, later repainted darker deck grey. Same with Iowa, she had light grey main gun turret roofs on her sea trials but they seem to have been repainted dark grey upon her 1984 recommissioning or some time thereabouts. Missouri to my knowledge never had light grey main gun turret roofs anytime from 1986-1992. While Wisconsin had light grey main gun turret roofs throughout her all too short 1980's service life from 1988-1991.

Another photo her of Missouri from 1991 from Wikipedia. Again reposted for ease of viewing:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USS_Sacramento_(AOE-1)_replenishes_USS_Missouri_(BB-63),_circa_in_1991.jpg

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So yeah it all depends on when exactly you intend to portray your ship and how much you want to look into it.


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PostPosted: Mon Aug 02, 2021 8:18 am 
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Will fetch up my 2013 photo from the same spot. Both turrets deck grey and foredeck darker.

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Apparently suffering from CRS (Can't remember "stuff"). Here is the photo taken on a day not long after a rain. I think I have a sunny one somewhere. Note that the Turret 1 has a light grey top. May have to re do my model if this is correct. Several photos I have seen of Mo underway seem to show the after wooden deck area stained, though this is not currently the situation. Sort of blending in, though not totally, with the deck gray of the helicopter operating area.

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One thing I will add on colors is that the area around Turret No. 3 on U.S.S. New Jersey during the 80's–90'a is a rubber, nonskid mat over epoxy over rotten teak.

It looks like bare metal in photos.

I don't know of any of the other ships had the same done.


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All four Iowa Classes had the anti-skid coating aft in the 1980s. Though all had different areas covered. See comparison below between Iowa and New Jersey, photos from Wikipedia:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_high_angle_port_beam_view_of_the_battleship_USS_IOWA_(BB_61)_underway_off_the_coast_of_Virginia_-_DPLA_-_58f7642fb49b895186dd150884f06e15.jpeg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_port_beam_view_of_the_battleship_USS_NEW_JERSEY_(BB_62)_underway_-_DPLA_-_3ba29a95c785f96bd98d5cf5e83092c7.jpeg

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I've always wondered were the flight decks meant to be a different shade of grey to the rest of the anti-skid deck? Or it it simply a case of different areas of deck getting repainted at different times in nominally the same colour but ending up being differently weathered due to newer and older sections being done and hence looking different?

In the photo of Iowa above, the helicopter pad and small ramp section look darker than the rest of the anti-skid coating, whereas on New Jersey it is the other way around and the helicopter pad and small ramp are lighter than the rest of the anti-skid coating!


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Interesting the "Joy Z" has three light turret roofs. An ID feature? As BJS noted much of the after deck was covered by a rubbery mat non skid wire as the Helicopter deck and ramp were non skid on steel. Mo at various times had her whole after decking cover with the stuff aft of the aft MK38 and forward of the Heli Ramp. Some others had wooden walkways left in.

As to the "anchor deck" note the black between the anchor chains.

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Mr. Church wrote:
I've always wondered were the flight decks meant to be a different shade of grey to the rest of the anti-skid deck? Or it it simply a case of different areas of deck getting repainted at different times in nominally the same colour but ending up being differently weathered due to newer and older sections being done and hence looking different?

In the photo of Iowa above, the helicopter pad and small ramp section look darker than the rest of the anti-skid coating, whereas on New Jersey it is the other way around and the helicopter pad and small ramp are lighter than the rest of the anti-skid coating!


They are entirely different materials. On the U.S.S. New Jersey, the ramp and helipad are painted. The section forward of the ramp is unpainted, textured rubber .


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True Jim, that alone will make it look different even if both start out as similar colours. They will deteriorate differently when in use. The anti-skid material usually looks very dark but in some photos it appears much lighter. Whether it's wet or dry or viewed in sunlight or dull light makes a big difference too.

This photo from NARA gives a good indication of the anti-skid material as applied to the roof of Iowa's Turret No. 3. and to her fantail:

https://nara.getarchive.net/media/a-view-of-the-stern-of-the-battleship-uss-iowa-bb-61-with-a-pioneer-i-remotely-0d595e

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The anti-skid material appears much more prominent on the turret roofs in photos of Iowa than on any of the other sisters for some reason.


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Fliger747 wrote:
Interesting the "Joy Z" has three light turret roofs. An ID feature? As BJS noted much of the after deck was covered by a rubbery mat non skid wire as the Helicopter deck and ramp were non skid on steel. Mo at various times had her whole after decking cover with the stuff aft of the aft MK38 and forward of the Heli Ramp. Some others had wooden walkways left in.

As to the "anchor deck" note the black between the anchor chains.

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I don't think it was a specific ID feature for New Jersey, she would have been the only Iowa Class in commission at the time of that photo in 1983. So her silhouette likely spoke for itself. I'm not sure what the reasoning for the light grey was? Personally I think it looks better than the dark grey, well in 1980's configuration anyway. In any case New Jersey later had her turret roofs painted dark grey. Not sure of the exact date, but they were certainly dark grey by the time this photo was taken in 1985:

https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/museums/nmusn/explore/photography/ships-us/ships-us-n/uss-new-jersey-bb62/330-cfd-dn-st-87-06864.html

Same with Iowa, she had light grey main gun turret roofs on her sea trials but they seem to have been repainted dark grey upon her 1984 recommissioning or some time thereabouts.

Missouri to my knowledge never had light grey main gun turret roofs anytime during her 1980s era service from 1986-1992.

While Wisconsin had light grey main gun turret roofs throughout her all too short 1980's service life from 1988-1991.


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I add that USS New Jersey Museum pulled up the planking in this area a long time ago because this rubber/wood/adhesive combination oozed into a giant mess. It has recently been covered with teak. Generally, the USS New Jersey strives for 1980's–90's accuracy but here beauty triumphed.


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I can imagine.

The Battleship New Jersey Museum's video about the teak deck really explains it well:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhvWGXFX0GE&t=53s


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Does anyone know why the shield on USS New Jerseys 20 gallery next to turret no. 3 was changed? We we following the weld lines on the exposed deck yesterday and were puzzled by the plans. This is a 1945 plan:

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Here is picture from June 1945 showing the gallery is bowed out in front of the 20mm twin mount:

http://navsource.org/archives/01/062/016209o.jpg

In this later plan (1947 or later, dates largely unreadable), the gallery shield is straight:

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It's not bowed out in there Korean War pictures

http://navsource.org/archives/01/062/016248a.jpg
http://navsource.org/archives/01/062/016248a.jpg

This seems to be an odd change to make.


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The bowing out would allow the gunner to aim the gun aft and inboard; perhaps they decided that wasn't a great idea and the likelihood of the gun being aimed at parts of the ship itself (e.g. crane) outweighed the benefits?

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Timmy C wrote:
The bowing out would allow the gunner to aim the gun aft and inboard; perhaps they decided that wasn't a great idea and the likelihood of the gun being aimed at parts of the ship itself (e.g. crane) outweighed the benefits?


Except that the guns are in the same location for both. It might have given more downward angle to remove the curve.


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