Navy Helm Wheels

[hink441]

1 minute ago, Salvage Sailor said:

Now we'll need to review the difference between 'true' and 'magnetic' courses when giving the helmsman instructions...

 

 

(we'll save 'relative' courses for a later lesson)

 

 

 

 

PS Hink, now you'll need one of these for your home bridge

 

I have a gyro compass repeater😂😂

[Scott C.]

3 hours ago, hink441 said:

I should have stated the “EOT” equals Engine Order Telegraph. Sorry for the confusion. 😁

 

No, no, not at all - I got the gist from the discussion. I just didn't know that's what they're called. Prior to this, I always referred to them as, "The round thing on the pedestal with the pointy handles that chimed when you changed the engine speed."  EOT is much easier to say!

[hink441]

This steering station came from an old US Army Corp of Engineers dredge. I bought this wheel from the family of a career USACE Mariner who worked the Great Lakes his entire career. Unfortunately they didn’t remember the name of the vessel, but it was removed from a dredge being scrapped on the Cleveland waterfront during the late 1960s to early 70s. Before and after clean-up pictures. 
 

 

[hink441]

Here is my favorite wheel I own. This has been posted before but I think it belongs here also. 
 

This is the original wheel from the USS Abraham Lincoln CVN-72. It was presented to the Lincoln’s first Executive Officer (XO) at the completion of his tour. 
 

 

[Scott C.]

Wow, very nice.

[Salvage Sailor]

Hink, how large is your basement?

 

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[Manky bandage]

Oh darn, how id love to fit that into the wall and have it as the door way into the war room 😁

 

[DD937]

4 hours ago, Manky bandage said:

Oh darn, how id love to fit that into the wall and have it as the door way into the war room 😁

 

It's not a door, its a hatch and not for a standard ladder more for a trunk with a vertical ladder. 

[hink441]

12 hours ago, Salvage Sailor said:

Hink, how large is your basement?

 

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Oh WOW!! I would definitely have to enlarge the basement ladder well to accommodate that hatch. I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t fit through that scuttle anymore. 😳😂😂

[hink441]

Been working on an old steering station I found recently. Here are some before during and after pictures. 
 

 

[DD937]

Remember when you could fit through a scuttle with an OBA on !

[hink441]

I finally decided to put a wheel on this old steering stand. This wheel is from the USS Coronado LPD-11.  I think it looks pretty good on this stand although this wouldn’t be the correct setup. 

 

[hink441]

While cleaning up the steering stand I found this marking. 
 

I believe this is an inspector’s stamp for the US Navy Bureau of Construction and Repair. Pre-1939 era. 
 

 

[hink441]

Was able to get a Sperry Steering station. Very pleased to have this one. 
 

 

[blitz67]

I love your collection, really nice stuff.