Everything below the third deck is highly compartmented to limit flooding and maintain ship stability if flooding does occur. However, there are exceptions. There were a large number of 5" magazines grouped into four areas along the 2nd platform when the ship was originally built. Most of them were re-tasked over the years to be 20mm, 40mm and 3" magazines. It was possible to move between the port and starboard magazines within any one group through passages and watertight doors. The climb down trunks and through two heavy armored hatches to get to them is pretty difficult. For that reason, they are rarely visited, except for occasional condition and safety inspections. This video is a walk from the port to starboard magazines located immediately behind the boiler rooms. My first visit required a lot of studying plans and wrong turns to get from one side to the other, so I was proud of myself when I made the walk error free on my second, and last, visit that is shown here.

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