Amphibious Forces Memorial Museum

08/30/2026

29 August 2026 Port side aft. Spare line stowage reel mounting. Note last photo. Looking forward is the wood spud locker. To Port is the Kapok life raft. Rick proudly viewing yet another restoration.

08/23/2026

22 August 2026 1,2 Visitors-Welcome Aboard. 3,4 Mess Decks. 5,6 Passage aft to Engine room, Officer's Mess, Galley. 7. Looking up from berthing. 8,9 Well Deck. 10. Happy visitors. 11. Donations 12. Chow. 13-17 Turn to-commence ship's work. Moving 20mm Oerlikon gun base from #5 position 02 level to #1 position on Forecastle.

08/02/2026

2 Aug 2026 1,2 John performing accurate painting in after steering, 3-7 Troop 2 flag displays continuing with Rick, Dave, and another volunteer.

07/26/2026

24 July 2026 1-5 After steering brackets for Aer O Foam cans to fight oil fires. 6-9 Mounting battle flag.

07/22/2026

18 July 2026. 1-4. After Steering Aer o Foam storage brackets. 5,6 Visitors tour. 7-17 Framing the American Flags for bulkhead display. Aft to the Wardroom. 18,19 John setting the wardroom and ensuring all is 4.0 standard. 20,21 Verifying placement. 22 Take a break

07/16/2026

Shelf brackets in after steering, per original blueprints.

07/13/2026

11 July 2026 1. Mark manufacturing rungs for Aer-O-Foam fire fighting foam 5 gallon cans. 2. Detailed work. 3 Visitors. 4. Original weld marks in after steering for foam cans. 5. John doing detailed work. 8. First row in place.

07/11/2026

06/30/2026

27 Jun 2026 1. Aft steering with one Aer-O- Foam can for fighting oil fires. The rest have been moved to work in the tight space. 2 Measuring for racks for the cans. 3. Mark doing finishing work. The two large round gray objects are the tops of the rudders, hooked together with a bar. The red shackle on the end is for manually turning the ship by block and tackle on either end.

06/28/2026

20 Jun 2026 Another great day. 1. Family tour. 2. The Hogans 3. Mark mounting cabinets in aft steering, per blueprints. 4. The finished job. 5. Favorite time-CHOW CALL.