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Took Me a Minute with the Title of this Video, When I Hear 16 My Mind went instantly to 16 inch Gun, Not 16, 5 inch Guns! LTC Eugene Chu Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen Maj Kim Patterson Maj (Join to see) MAJ Ken Landgren Capt Dwayne Conyers CPT Gurinder (Gene) Rana MSG Stan Hutchison MSgt Michael Bischoff SSgt Richard Kensinger SSG Robert Mark Odom 1SG (Join to see) PO1 Tony Holland PO1 Brian Austin SFC Jo Ann Klawitter SPC Nancy Greene SrA John Monette A1C Medrick "Rick" DeVaney SPC Kevin Ford SP5 Dennis Loberger
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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
A1C Medrick "Rick" DeVaney Hey, with nukes it was one shot and get the hell out!
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A1C Medrick "Rick" DeVaney
Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen -
"Run FOREST RUN" Over To The Alert Pad & Grab A Fighter Jet,
Can't Run Doing MACH II ~ And If Yer Not A Pilot, Ya Better Learn Fast.
"Run FOREST RUN" Over To The Alert Pad & Grab A Fighter Jet,
Can't Run Doing MACH II ~ And If Yer Not A Pilot, Ya Better Learn Fast.
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CHIP,
After Viewing The Video,I Read Some Of The Comments Posted By Previous Viewers,
And This Is A Recent One Which May Be Of Interest.
~ BTW Note The Name Of The Man Posting These Comments.~ A Relative Of Yours Perhaps?
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@sarcasticscottsman8581
1 day ago:
The narrator misspoke about the guns but may not have understood why. The guns were 5 inch 38 s. That is the barrel length of this gun on this ship. The older style 5-inch gun was a 5-inch 54. It had a longer range but the same size shell. 2 5 inch 54 s we're taking off my father's ship to be used as Island defense for the Battle of Midway. The 5 inch 54 s were called long Tom's. The 38th had a 3 1/2 to 4 MI range while the long times had a 7 mi range. The Japanese were not aware of the two different kinds and parked their ships off of Midway at approximately 5 miles. The two guns taken off of my father's ship were placed on premade concrete pads and manned by some really sharp marines. They waited until many landing craft from the Japanese ships were in the water and the ships we're securely anchored then the Marines started pounding the shit out of them and sunk at least two and heavily damaged four other ships and a fair number of landing craft. That is first-hand information from someone who was there.
After Viewing The Video,I Read Some Of The Comments Posted By Previous Viewers,
And This Is A Recent One Which May Be Of Interest.
~ BTW Note The Name Of The Man Posting These Comments.~ A Relative Of Yours Perhaps?
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@sarcasticscottsman8581
1 day ago:
The narrator misspoke about the guns but may not have understood why. The guns were 5 inch 38 s. That is the barrel length of this gun on this ship. The older style 5-inch gun was a 5-inch 54. It had a longer range but the same size shell. 2 5 inch 54 s we're taking off my father's ship to be used as Island defense for the Battle of Midway. The 5 inch 54 s were called long Tom's. The 38th had a 3 1/2 to 4 MI range while the long times had a 7 mi range. The Japanese were not aware of the two different kinds and parked their ships off of Midway at approximately 5 miles. The two guns taken off of my father's ship were placed on premade concrete pads and manned by some really sharp marines. They waited until many landing craft from the Japanese ships were in the water and the ships we're securely anchored then the Marines started pounding the shit out of them and sunk at least two and heavily damaged four other ships and a fair number of landing craft. That is first-hand information from someone who was there.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
A1C Medrick "Rick" DeVaney I Don't Know about the Older 5 Inch Guns but I'm Quite familiar with the Damage the Modern Ones Can Do! My Office on USS California CGN-36 was Just Forward and Above the Aft 5 Inch 54, During My Last 2 Years i was a "Green Hat" Combat Systems Training Team!
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A1C Medrick "Rick" DeVaney
I Realized He Was Referring To Different Sized Guns, But I Thought What He Mentioned To Be Of Some Interest......
BTW: During One Of The Videos, It Mentioned Ships Going Through The Panama Canal;
Surprised The Crap Out Of Me Because The Width Of The Canal Isn't As Wide As Most Might Think, I Watched Them Being Guided Through And The Sides Of The Canal Is Withing A Couple Of Feet On Both Sides.. It's A "Tight Fit", And The Ships Appear To Be Much Wider Than The Width Of The Canal ~ And The Ships Captains Do NOT Take Them Through The Canal: Specially Trained Ships Pilots Handle That Job.
BTW: During One Of The Videos, It Mentioned Ships Going Through The Panama Canal;
Surprised The Crap Out Of Me Because The Width Of The Canal Isn't As Wide As Most Might Think, I Watched Them Being Guided Through And The Sides Of The Canal Is Withing A Couple Of Feet On Both Sides.. It's A "Tight Fit", And The Ships Appear To Be Much Wider Than The Width Of The Canal ~ And The Ships Captains Do NOT Take Them Through The Canal: Specially Trained Ships Pilots Handle That Job.
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