EDUCATION
Help us prepare kids to be the responsible leaders of the next generation. Our education department seeks:

• veterans to speak about their military service with Scouts and youth groups
• professional scholars to assist in the creation of new interpretive displays/exhibits and improvements to existing ones

HISTORIC PRESERVATION
Are you a skilled tradesworker, or even a gifted handyman? Maybe you're a bookworm who loves sifting through paperwork. The curator needs your help in:

• Detail work including the restoration of fixtures such as fans, battle lanterns, lamps, etc.
• Electronics repair including restoration of our vacuum tube radio equipment
• Research including the organization, classification, and archiving of a vast amount of artifacts, books, and documents
  

PUBLIC RELATIONS
Are you a "people-person"? Or maybe you prefer the "behind-the-scenes" action. Battleship Cove's office of development and marketing has a job for you. Become a vital volunteer in this department by:

• meeting and greeting the various groups that visit our ships daily
• spearheading direct mail campaigns for special events and fundraising goals

FIGHTING WORDS: What is the difference between a "turret" and a "mount"? Consisting of several heavy guns (usually 6" or greater) in an armored housing, a turret is massive enough to require its inclusion in the shipbuilding process.

The 16/45 triple turrets were built into the USS North Carolina and Washington as well as the South Dakota-class battleships. With the exception of the 16/50 guns of the Iowa-class battleships, the contained the largest guns used in US Navy history. While the guns were the same in the North Carolina and South Dakota class battleships, the turret armor in the latter was thicker.

On BB59, three 16", 45 caliber guns are mounted in each turret. Each gun is mounted in a separate sleeve called a "slide." On firing, each gun recoiled four feet in its slide. Each slide has a pair of pivots called "trunnions," which allow each gun to elevate independent of the other two guns.