Day 4

 

9 July 2020

 

We were very grateful, (so were our visitors) to the yard for letting us use there washer and dryer. Fresh clothes were much needed.

At this point the yardarm has come down, and the scaffolding is all the way up the mast.

Air search radar came down (the only SA antenna in the world that we know of. It came off USS GAGE (APA-168), and tracked kamikazes at Okinawa. Motor will be reworked, new bearings installed, and wasted parts of the antenna replaced.

Started erecting the scaffold around the stack. Wasted metal in the cap will be replaced. Ed celebrated his 77th birthday by climbing to the top of the stack to make a video “Inspection” that he posted to his Facebook page.

Gary removed lights from yardarm for restoration.

SLATER at Pier G at Caddell’s Shipyard. Photo by Alan Beneroff.

Gary removing lights from the yardarm

Gary removing lights from the yardarm

Scaffolding going up around the stack

Scaffolding going up around the stack

Blair, our cook, keeps us well fed

Blair, our cook, keeps us well fed

Ed climbed the stack for his birthday

Ed climbed the stack for his birthday

Ed and Brendan looking over the blueprints for the mast

Ed and Brendan looking over the blueprints for the mast

Radar on the pier

Radar on the pier

There she goes!

There she goes!

Hook that up carefully!

Hook that up carefully!

Bye bye radar

Bye bye radar