On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 06:38:51 -0600, mr_antone <just@not.here> wrote:
>On Tue, 10 Feb 2015 09:40:51 -0500, Joseph Testagrose
><Joet5@optonline.net> wrote:
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>What are the round domes? Eleven in this photo.
>
>Thanks
>
>mr_antone
>
Those are metal igloos, put in place (while the ship is mothballed) to protect
certain types of gun mounts and other equipment, e.g. 40mm Bofors, etc.
Page 86 of this book (Warship Boneyards) shows one being removed from the USS
New Jersey.
See:
http://bit.ly/1znuM57
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