Originally posted by Dreadnought
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Seriously, we still have a long way to go to get proper shore power to the ship, getting enough pipefitters to reactivate the CHT system, electricians to activate at least the traverse and elevation of the guns, wood workers to install new decking (when we can get it), etc. Long Beach Naval Shipyard reactivated and modernized the New Jersey in the 1980's a month ahead of schedule and "under budget". But we had 2,000 to 4,000 skilled workers at a MINIMUM aboard her 24/7. We even farmed in people from Philadelphia NSY and Todd Shipyard as well as farming out drafting designs to local engineering companies.
It's a whole different ball game now with a lot of the summer volunteers gone back to their regular jobs or back home (those from the Richmond/San Francisco area).
On another note; I got a new PC tower installed and running today. Still trying to get used to it. But I can get on line now without having to go through "the back door" with Internet Explorer or my wife's laptop. Still have to reinstall Corel Draw so I can continue doing drawings for PBC.
Catch you all later.
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