Need Help With A U.S. Uniform~~

[skeeter4206]

Heres a picture of Howard in front of the USS New York and off to the side the USS Ranger. I have always been curious about the clock on the tower. I have downloaded pictures of the USS New York off the internet and all the pics I have seen, the clock seems to read 12:00.

I'm curious if there was a reason behind this. Was all ships done this way back then, or was the clock just broke.

I did find a later picture of it after some modifications were added to the ship and I noticed the clock was gone. So, I wonder if they just never got it working.

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[NoncomRetired]

Originally Posted by skeeter4206

Heres a picture of Howard in front of the USS New York and off to the side the USS Ranger. I have always been curious about the clock on the tower. I have downloaded pictures of the USS New York off the internet and all the pics I have seen, the clock seems to read 12:00.

I'm curious if there was a reason behind this. Was all ships done this way back then, or was the clock just broke.

I did find a later picture of it after some modifications were added to the ship and I noticed the clock was gone. So, I wonder if they just never got it working.

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Excellent photos of our old blue water navy. Love the group shot and how they wore the uniform back then and the wings in the hat and they still used the Donald duck hat back them too. Notice the leggings also for a duty detail. Shore Patrol detail wore white leggings. No more bell bottoms, hat wings or Donald Duck hats, to me, are things of tradition that should never have dis-appeared.

I'm not going to comment how the army has totally screwed up their uniforms over these years, trying to upgrade at the same time forgetting about tradition....................

They were a Ship's Clock and was the main timepiece of any ship back then, many could not afford a wrist watch and pocket watches usually got busted. Another reason was the constant time zone changes. That clock, everyone went by and also, of course, the bells!!!!!!