Replacement of the After Expansion Joint.
Photos by Mike Angelini, USS J.P. Kennedy Jr. DD850

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The Old expansion Joint before it was ripped out.	Multiple tar and pitch layers on the old joint.
Overhead of Emergency Radio Room with leaky expansion joint visible.	Close up of the old joint from inside the Emergency Radio room.
Removing the rubber of the old expansion joint on the 01 level.	Joint rail waiting to be scraped and brushed.
Looking at STBD joint rail from inside Emergency Radio.	Bryan scrapping rubber and glue off joint rails
Ed Zajkowski caulking the new joint.	New Expansion Joint viewed from inside Emergency Radio.
New Expansion Joint viewed from the Port side.	New Expansion Joint viewed from the 01 level.

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Photos by Mike Angelini.
Copyright 2004 Richard Angelini and Kennedy Restoration Committee.