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    Battleship Wisconsin staff crane aboard empty missile tubes [Image 10 of 11]

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    Two workers wearing white hard hats are handling a large cylindrical industrial or scientific instrument on a wooden cradle/trailer outdoors. The cylinder features multiple flanged ports, gauges, fittings, and electrical connectors on its end cap, suggesting it is a pressure vessel or specialized sensor assembly. An overhead crane hook is visible above, indicating the equipment was recently lifted or is being prepared for lifting.

    NORFOLK, VIRGINIA, UNITED STATES

    07.30.2019

    Photo by Max Lonzanida  

    Hampton Roads Naval Museum

    An empty missile tube for a BGM-109 Tomahawk Land Attack Missile, is lowered from a crane onto the missile deck of the decommissioned Iowa-Class Battleship USS Wisconsin (BB-64). Pictured is Steve Atkins (in striped red shirt) Facilities Manager with Nauticus and a contractor guiding the empty missile tube onto the deck. A total of four empty missile tubes were craned aboard, which will eventually be placed inside one of the MK-143 armored box launchers. The empty missile tubes originated from Naval Weapons Station Yorktown, which provides critical fleet ordnance support for the U.S. Navy. The Wisconsin is moored next to Nauticus and the Hampton Roads Naval Museum as a museum ship. (US Navy Photo by Max Lonzanida/Released).

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    Date Taken: 07.30.2019
    Date Posted: 07.31.2019 12:08
    Photo ID: 5629778
    VIRIN: 190731-N-Tg517-013
    Resolution: 4288x2848
    Size: 1.44 MB
    Location: NORFOLK, VIRGINIA, US
    Hometown: NORFOLK, VIRGINIA, US

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