@aussienscale I Lived in 2/23 mess for a while waiting to go down to 1/63 mess Mount 51 going off was music and I was in ops Cordite floating through it was fannytastic.
I served in USS Mahan DDG 42 from 85-88 myself.Not a C.F.Adams class but Coontz class.We had similar armament & the same mission-sub hunting & AAW escort of carriers.
My ship was DLG 11 during the 60s & starred in the movie"The Bedford Incident" as "USS Bedford-DLG 113"
I served as Gun Captain on MT. 51 USS ROARK - DE1053 Knox class Destroyer Escort. Tonkin Gulf 1972.
Gunline service.....banging away to support the troops and keep Charlie awake at night. Best night....hundreds of rounds expended. Lotta "brass" to toss overboard.
I served on the USS Cochrane DD-21 - Adams class and the USS Somers DDG-34 - Forest Sherman class; both between 1976-1980 out of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Great footage you display. All the best! Navy RET.
i served on board the chucky deuce herself..and when we were doing shore bombardment exercises i was mess cranking and taking garbage bags to the fantail when the aft turret fired......forgot my micky mouse ears......lol...hurt like a bitch...dropped the bags on the deck...ran back in and got my damn ear muffs......i miss the deuce
I served aboard DDG-5 the C.V. Ricketts. It was an Adams class like the one in the video. We sold a bunch of them to foreign navies before we scrapped the few that were left. The video doesn't do justice to how loud that gun really is when you're on the bridge. I would jump everytime that gun went off lol.
Yeah, copy that. I was aboard USS Blandy. NGFS Viegus Is. Pr. During what I thought was a break in the action I stuck my head up from the forward hatch by the bosuns locker right as a round was fired. Well I was a cook. Cooks back then polished the ships bell in the morning and the duty bosun made fresh coffee. Cooks, and all of supply dept handled the loading of ammo.
I served on a forest sherman class boat. I was a loader in Mt. 51 fwd gun. This type of mt. has twice the rate of fire as the ones found on the new DDs. Great footage and thanks.
Yes, the shells are semi-fixed a powder cannister and a round. Are loaded individually into a rotary magazine. Orders are recieved for High explosive, WP willy peter white phosporus, proximity for aircraft or armour peircing. The brige cycles the magazine to select the desired round. Loading one of them things is not fun. If the ship ever took a hit your fate was sealed. There was no escape only a little scuttle to get into and out of the magazine and your 3 decks down.
These were great ships - Adams class DDG's. Had the privilege of serving aboard USS Joseph Strauss, DDG-16, in the 1960's. We fired thousands of 5 inch projectiles at targets onshore in both North and S. Viet Nam.
Twin loading arm, now that what I call firepower!
jamesdewer 8 months ago
I can smell the cordite I served on Australian version Perth class DDG HMAS Hobart nothing like those gun firing going when you sleep when up forard.
Stanto74 9 months ago
@Stanto74 I was on the Hobart as well, such a great class of ships, loved the smell or cordite and watching it from the flag deck :)
aussienscale 4 months ago
@aussienscale I Lived in 2/23 mess for a while waiting to go down to 1/63 mess Mount 51 going off was music and I was in ops Cordite floating through it was fannytastic.
Stanto74 4 months ago
@Stanto74 When were you on there ? what rate were you ? I was in 163 mess early 90's as a Sig
aussienscale 4 months ago
@aussienscale I joined in late 96 I'am CSO(U) I was doing more bosun work than CSO posted in sonar billet so thats you did but it was good thou.
Stanto74 2 months ago
Is that flack they firing?
RiaanV1987 9 months ago
why are people telling us what ship they served on?
sgtchief 1 year ago
@sgtchief Bragging rights.
I served in USS Mahan DDG 42 from 85-88 myself.Not a C.F.Adams class but Coontz class.We had similar armament & the same mission-sub hunting & AAW escort of carriers.
My ship was DLG 11 during the 60s & starred in the movie"The Bedford Incident" as "USS Bedford-DLG 113"
doughesson 2 days ago
I served as Gun Captain on MT. 51 USS ROARK - DE1053 Knox class Destroyer Escort. Tonkin Gulf 1972.
Gunline service.....banging away to support the troops and keep Charlie awake at night. Best night....hundreds of rounds expended. Lotta "brass" to toss overboard.
vince2old 1 year ago
This was my old ship!
I was a Gunner's Mate on this old girl from November of 1988 to decommision in April of 1990.
I remember well all the trouble we had keeping both guns running, especially Mount 51.
The damn thing broke down nearly every day, if not weekly.
PinkOld 1 year ago
A/T FORMIWN FOREVER 00 E
27lestat 2 years ago
This Is Cool
fhfhffjfjf 2 years ago
I served on the USS Sampson was a Gunnersmate in mount 51 I still dont hear well today from the sound inside while I was firing the gun.
OldGuyOhio 2 years ago
I served on the USS Barney DDG-6 from March 1986 to September 1990. It was a great ship.
jaytbuzzard 3 years ago 6
suks u spen't ur whole carrer on one ship.
josephkennith 2 years ago
I served on the USS Cochrane DD-21 - Adams class and the USS Somers DDG-34 - Forest Sherman class; both between 1976-1980 out of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Great footage you display. All the best! Navy RET.
deltadude61 3 years ago
i served on board the chucky deuce herself..and when we were doing shore bombardment exercises i was mess cranking and taking garbage bags to the fantail when the aft turret fired......forgot my micky mouse ears......lol...hurt like a bitch...dropped the bags on the deck...ran back in and got my damn ear muffs......i miss the deuce
yetitracker 3 years ago
I served aboard DDG-5 the C.V. Ricketts. It was an Adams class like the one in the video. We sold a bunch of them to foreign navies before we scrapped the few that were left. The video doesn't do justice to how loud that gun really is when you're on the bridge. I would jump everytime that gun went off lol.
DeadDiver 3 years ago 4
I served aboard the USS Robison DDG 12 as a GMG1 on Mt 51 & 52 in the 80s the mk 42 was bad ass
B40SW 4 years ago
Yeah, copy that. I was aboard USS Blandy. NGFS Viegus Is. Pr. During what I thought was a break in the action I stuck my head up from the forward hatch by the bosuns locker right as a round was fired. Well I was a cook. Cooks back then polished the ships bell in the morning and the duty bosun made fresh coffee. Cooks, and all of supply dept handled the loading of ammo.
gizzel345 3 years ago
I served on the Sampson (DDG-10) and my Dad was EMO on the destroyer in this clip - it was Waddell before the Greeks got it.
yellowtail3 4 years ago
Hell yes!!!
I served on a forest sherman class boat. I was a loader in Mt. 51 fwd gun. This type of mt. has twice the rate of fire as the ones found on the new DDs. Great footage and thanks.
Hubbfundamental 4 years ago
Yes, The 5"54 had dual loader arms and as I recall a GMG in the mount too. In this video Mts 51+52 are training at the same time. Looks like a GQ ex.
windsurfingfun 4 years ago
you had to load shells?
i thought modern destroyer guns were automatic?
daf867 4 years ago
Yes, the shells are semi-fixed a powder cannister and a round. Are loaded individually into a rotary magazine. Orders are recieved for High explosive, WP willy peter white phosporus, proximity for aircraft or armour peircing. The brige cycles the magazine to select the desired round. Loading one of them things is not fun. If the ship ever took a hit your fate was sealed. There was no escape only a little scuttle to get into and out of the magazine and your 3 decks down.
windsurfingfun 4 years ago
These were great ships - Adams class DDG's. Had the privilege of serving aboard USS Joseph Strauss, DDG-16, in the 1960's. We fired thousands of 5 inch projectiles at targets onshore in both North and S. Viet Nam.
ebie56 4 years ago