U.S.S. Inaugural
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Also stopped by the Gordon C Greene. Looks pretty much the same as last time I was there, except less timber attached to the deck.
More online investigation than onsite exploration these days.
“My dear fellow, who will let you?”
“That’s not the point. The point is, who will stop me?”
-Ayn Rand
“My dear fellow, who will let you?”
“That’s not the point. The point is, who will stop me?”
-Ayn Rand
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Awesome!
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Yeah! My only regret is I didn't walk down the hull to look at the lower stern deck shown here. I'd already climbed around on the boat at this point, was back on shore and getting ready to leave when I took that shot. I couldn't get an angle from the shore to look at it better and I'd seen deckhands tightening the barge moorings while I was there, so I wasn't about to try and get on them for a better view. Last time I photo'd it was about 10 years and 23 pages ago.
Based on the amount of wrinkling now versus then, looks like they've rammed those barges into it a few more times over the decade.
Aug 2012 Nicotti wrote:
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More online investigation than onsite exploration these days.
“My dear fellow, who will let you?”
“That’s not the point. The point is, who will stop me?”
-Ayn Rand
“My dear fellow, who will let you?”
“That’s not the point. The point is, who will stop me?”
-Ayn Rand
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More online investigation than onsite exploration these days.
“My dear fellow, who will let you?”
“That’s not the point. The point is, who will stop me?”
-Ayn Rand
“My dear fellow, who will let you?”
“That’s not the point. The point is, who will stop me?”
-Ayn Rand
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- Call it a teaser...
- Looking Out.jpg (55.75 KiB) Viewed 4910 times
More online investigation than onsite exploration these days.
“My dear fellow, who will let you?”
“That’s not the point. The point is, who will stop me?”
-Ayn Rand
“My dear fellow, who will let you?”
“That’s not the point. The point is, who will stop me?”
-Ayn Rand
Re: U.S.S. Inaugural
Also found out this exists:
- Hazard Model 01.jpg (100.19 KiB) Viewed 4912 times
More online investigation than onsite exploration these days.
“My dear fellow, who will let you?”
“That’s not the point. The point is, who will stop me?”
-Ayn Rand
“My dear fellow, who will let you?”
“That’s not the point. The point is, who will stop me?”
-Ayn Rand
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This is the side of the boat facing the sky on the Augie.
- USS Hazard Hull 01.JPG (82.74 KiB) Viewed 4907 times
- USS Hazard Hull 02.JPG (94.23 KiB) Viewed 4907 times
- USS Hazard Hull 03.JPG (137.87 KiB) Viewed 4907 times
- USS Hazard Hull 04.JPG (110.99 KiB) Viewed 4907 times
More online investigation than onsite exploration these days.
“My dear fellow, who will let you?”
“That’s not the point. The point is, who will stop me?”
-Ayn Rand
“My dear fellow, who will let you?”
“That’s not the point. The point is, who will stop me?”
-Ayn Rand
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- USS Hazard Hull 05.JPG (75.95 KiB) Viewed 4909 times
- USS Hazard Hull 06.JPG (84.04 KiB) Viewed 4909 times
- USS Hazard Hull 07.JPG (92.77 KiB) Viewed 4909 times
More online investigation than onsite exploration these days.
“My dear fellow, who will let you?”
“That’s not the point. The point is, who will stop me?”
-Ayn Rand
“My dear fellow, who will let you?”
“That’s not the point. The point is, who will stop me?”
-Ayn Rand
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This is the Main Stern Deck. All of this is underwater/buried in the river bottom for the Augie, except for the starboard hull next to the cabin where the depth charge projector sits.
- Main Deck Stern (Underwater).JPG (96.03 KiB) Viewed 4910 times
- Main Deck Stern Port (Underwater or buried).JPG (140.9 KiB) Viewed 4910 times
- Main Deck Stern Starboard Gun (Underwater or buried).JPG (124.17 KiB) Viewed 4910 times
- Main Deck Stern Starboard Gun (Underwater or buried) 02.JPG (83.4 KiB) Viewed 4910 times
- Lower Stern Deck Tow Sensor (Underwater).JPG (113.76 KiB) Viewed 4910 times
- Main Deck Stern (Underwater) 02.JPG (126.24 KiB) Viewed 4909 times
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More online investigation than onsite exploration these days.
“My dear fellow, who will let you?”
“That’s not the point. The point is, who will stop me?”
-Ayn Rand
“My dear fellow, who will let you?”
“That’s not the point. The point is, who will stop me?”
-Ayn Rand
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Same spot on the Hazard:Aug 2012 Nicotti @ the Augie wrote:
- torn2.jpg (104.77 KiB) Viewed 4910 times
- Main Deck Stern Depth Charge Projector (At low waterline).JPG (108.44 KiB) Viewed 4910 times
- Main Deck Stern Depth Charge Projector (At low waterline) 02.JPG (134.85 KiB) Viewed 4909 times
- Main Deck Stern Depth Charge Projector Desc (At low waterline).JPG (62.18 KiB) Viewed 4909 times
More online investigation than onsite exploration these days.
“My dear fellow, who will let you?”
“That’s not the point. The point is, who will stop me?”
-Ayn Rand
“My dear fellow, who will let you?”
“That’s not the point. The point is, who will stop me?”
-Ayn Rand
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- Bow Decks Comparison.JPG (74.11 KiB) Viewed 4907 times
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“My dear fellow, who will let you?”
“That’s not the point. The point is, who will stop me?”
-Ayn Rand
“My dear fellow, who will let you?”
“That’s not the point. The point is, who will stop me?”
-Ayn Rand
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This is what I call the gun deck as most of the gun emplacements are on it. Stern to bow. The starboard stern and the entire bow of this deck are out of the water/riverbed on the Augie at low water. I'll post comparisons in the future, as I get them compiled. The hatch on the deck that can be seen in the 2nd pic is the one we crawled into and explored the mech room. On the port side of the stern smoke stack is a smaller metal boat. Not sure if it's for missions or a life raft. I'll have a video of it and the rear guns in an upcoming post.
- Starboard Stern Gun Empacement.JPG (110.74 KiB) Viewed 4907 times
- Stern Gun Deck Looking Midship.JPG (74.03 KiB) Viewed 4907 times
- Bow Gun Deck 20 mm Gun.JPG (107.02 KiB) Viewed 4907 times
- Bow Gun Deck 20mm Gun Mount.JPG (52.26 KiB) Viewed 4907 times
- Bow Gun Deck.JPG (105.18 KiB) Viewed 4907 times
- Hazard Main Gun 02.JPG (103.08 KiB) Viewed 4907 times
- Hazard Main Gun.JPG (124.54 KiB) Viewed 4907 times
- Main Gun Targeting Starboard Sights.JPG (123.74 KiB) Viewed 4907 times
- Bow Anchor.JPG (135.74 KiB) Viewed 4907 times
- Midship Port side Outside Radio Room on Gun Deck Bow Looking to Stern.JPG (72.23 KiB) Viewed 4906 times
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More online investigation than onsite exploration these days.
“My dear fellow, who will let you?”
“That’s not the point. The point is, who will stop me?”
-Ayn Rand
“My dear fellow, who will let you?”
“That’s not the point. The point is, who will stop me?”
-Ayn Rand
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Comparison: In these images from the Augie you can see the Jan 2022 condition of the bow gun deck and midship. The bridge deck and above has been removed. The plating on the front has been removed to where you can see the captain's shower and washroom on the left and the cryptography room on the right (partially in the riverbed). The deck plating where the 20mm gun was has been removed.
Link: Exploring the Captain's Quarters and Radio Room in the Hazard
Here's an image of the area pre-cuts. I'm climbing up the mount for the blue shells in the pic from the Hazard.
Area on the Hazard:
Link: Exploring the Captain's Quarters and Radio Room in the Hazard
- Bow Gun Deck Midship Jan 2022.jpg (74.79 KiB) Viewed 4903 times
- 2022-1-8-USSI Captains Quarters Washroom.jpg (109.1 KiB) Viewed 4903 times
- 2022-1-8-USSI Captains Quarters Sink.jpg (112.81 KiB) Viewed 4903 times
- Older.jpg (121.46 KiB) Viewed 4903 times
- Midships Bridge.JPG (116.31 KiB) Viewed 4903 times
- Bow Gun Deck.JPG (105.18 KiB) Viewed 4901 times
More online investigation than onsite exploration these days.
“My dear fellow, who will let you?”
“That’s not the point. The point is, who will stop me?”
-Ayn Rand
“My dear fellow, who will let you?”
“That’s not the point. The point is, who will stop me?”
-Ayn Rand
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HELL YES!
It's about time someone got out there to see that boat. Excellent work! Really cool seeing those shots together.
Also, I totally want to buy that model.
hmm.. https://hobbymodels.com/products/lnd-429
It's about time someone got out there to see that boat. Excellent work! Really cool seeing those shots together.
Also, I totally want to buy that model.
hmm.. https://hobbymodels.com/products/lnd-429
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ikr I kinda want two. One to built like the Hazard and one to paint all rusted and put on it's side in some resin colored like water like the Augie, before they cut it up.SubLunar wrote: Wed May 18, 2022 9:37 pmAlso, I totally want to buy that model.
hmm.. https://hobbymodels.com/products/lnd-429
I couldn't find any dealers online that weren't out of stock/back order though.
More online investigation than onsite exploration these days.
“My dear fellow, who will let you?”
“That’s not the point. The point is, who will stop me?”
-Ayn Rand
“My dear fellow, who will let you?”
“That’s not the point. The point is, who will stop me?”
-Ayn Rand