OK, it's not me, in fact I've never met the people in the photos, but J Green posted it on another "Veteran Site", and gave me permission to post it here.

USS Midway-
One of the main engines' throttle boards (there were 4 of these) what controls the turbines, that make the ship go.
I spent many a day and night staring at a throttle board similar to this on the ships I was on.

Dave,
Forgive me for asking this but I was a ground pounder and don't know a whole lot about the navy. Did they really make you guys shine all that stuff?

Nice shot, Dave, very impressive indeed...
Thanks for sharing!
~Gunny

Thanks for sharing Dave
(And I thought I had a lot of buttons and radar screens to manage)

Skipper

In a word- YES-
Polishing the "bright work" was a daily practice. The throttle wheels on my ships had the rim sections painted, but the spokes and knobs polished. Black for the HP turbine, and Red for the astern turbine, so you didn't get them mixed up during "sea and anchor" or "maneuvering", when the speed changes came at a fast and furious rate. So fast we actually had an extra man assigned to just log in the "Bells" as they came, while the throttle-man handled the throttles. I imagine they were also painted that way on the Midway when she was active. My ships also didn't have a cruising turbine, so we had only two throttle wheels.
Here the deck plates are painted, on one of my ships we polished the steel deck plates daily, on hands and knees with wire brushes.
Notice the fan- no AC- we also had the blower ducts above us for "cooling".