I was on the JLB when it was decommissioned in 94'. I will look through my pictures and see what I have that might be of interest to you. I do have some pictures of some racks that were destroyed by a concussion grenade. One of the gunners mates was keeping it in his rack and it somehow went off. I don't think they ever figured out what happened exactly, but gunners mate claimed that he was receiving death threats.
I also have some pictures of when the anchor chain broke. The whole thing shot out of the pipe and landed on the deck with a crash! That made us all a little nervous around the anchor chain after that.
From John Johnston ET2 1977-80
When I first arrived on the Brown, it was ready to head into the yards.
Obviously, stores were at a minimum.
For the first two weeks, it seemed whatever the menu for the day was, I got in
line after that was gone, and the easiest thing for the mess cooks to make quick
enough to serve everyone else was fried shrimp.
Fried shrimp for lunch and dinner for more than a couple of days can drive
anyone nuts.
Until recently, I would eat any other kind of shrimp (make Forest Gump jokes here), but could not stand even the smell of fried shrimp.