![]() ![]() Powder charges were shipped in these tanks, and stored in the magazine several decks below. It is filled with dozens of empty powder tanks, which will later be moved topside to the location noted previously. (Brass cases were often kept and traded to “Mary Soo” and her girls in Hong Kong in exchange for painting the sides of the ship.)ġ:11 Probably the wardroom (officer’s dining and lounge area) which was right behind the upper handling room for Mount 52. ![]() Closest to the camera are some steel shell casings without powder tanks, so likely each of the powder tanks being returned has one of these inside, to be returned to an ordnance activity for reloading or scrapping. Note that each of the powder thanks has a tag attached, certifying that there is no live ammunition inside. Navy destroyers in Vietnam war, mostly the FRAM types with two or three twin 5"/38 gun mounts, and mostly on the “gun line” providing naval gunfire support for troops ashore, or firing at supply route or gun positions along the North Vietnamese coast.Ĭartridge collectors may want to pause the video at these points:Ġ:53 Sailors taking the aluminum “powder tanks” stacked on the right and passing the left to be loaded on pallets or dumped in cargo nets and transferred to the supply ship steaming alongside about 100 feet away, probably with refueling hoses over forward and aft, with ammo/cargo transfer taking place at this location amidships on the 01 level. This video is a slide show of various photos of different U.S. ![]()
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