BB North Carolina

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more shells

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lots of shells. Since Turret #2 sits higher on the ship it has an additional deck for ammo storage. Thus #2 has more available ammo than either #1 and #3.

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Looking down from mezzanine.

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guess I had a photo explaining the extra ammo thing.

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powder storage

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closeup

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lots of powder

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powder bag heading to where its needed.

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info

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Example of a load including the shell.

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how they moved the powder bags out of the magazine, fireproof.

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looking up from bottom of handling room. Note direction indicators.

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Back on main deck looking up at main superstructure.

There was alot more below decks that I looked at but was forced to conserve camera battery as it started to show low.

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Scoreboard and battle ribbons

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looking aft

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quad 40's

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turrets #1 and #2. Note yellow tape in front of #1 and slightly different shade of decking.

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This is right behind Turret #2, I believe its the armored control tower.

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thick looking window.