BlindJustice
Member
Bear with me I'll get to the Small Arms on a USN Destroyer '70s flavor.
NPR had part of it's morning show on/about the
USS ENterprize CVN 65 coming home for the last
time completing it's 22nd Major Deployment Over
50 years of service.
I served on a Destroyer Escort in '75 when we deployed
with ENterprize, USS Long Beach CGN 9, and USS Cochrane
DDG 23 for 2 months from the phillipines across the Inian
Ocean and back. It was the height of the Oil Crisis and
the US Navy put it's "A" Team at the mouth of the Persian
Gulf for a 'practice' run just in case.
It made me freflect on thsoe days and standing watch in port
carrying a 1911A1 also made me feel just a little older <sigh>
Small Arms Inventory on my DE
( 4 ) M-60 LMG
( 12 ) M-14 with syn. stock, and the selector lever was
set on semi-auto only - lever was removed.
( 12 ) Mossberg? 12 Ga. Riot Shotguns with SYn stock
and the shells were full length brass for the sea
borne environment - I have an empty I save from a
fan fire. Chief Gunners "Scotty" Mate gave it to
me sometimes we'd talk weapons, and he respeccted
my knowledge of wepons as I did his.
24 1911s - I always checked my weapon and only handled
or that's what we had, Ithaca & Remington Rand manfacturered.
and there were flare pistols, and the single shot .410? that fired
the lines for hooking up for refueling & replenshment of stores.
On a capital Ship like the Enterprize, they have a number ( 80? )
of Marines for security - probably had other small arms of some
sort.
R- USN '72-'78
R-
NPR had part of it's morning show on/about the
USS ENterprize CVN 65 coming home for the last
time completing it's 22nd Major Deployment Over
50 years of service.
I served on a Destroyer Escort in '75 when we deployed
with ENterprize, USS Long Beach CGN 9, and USS Cochrane
DDG 23 for 2 months from the phillipines across the Inian
Ocean and back. It was the height of the Oil Crisis and
the US Navy put it's "A" Team at the mouth of the Persian
Gulf for a 'practice' run just in case.
It made me freflect on thsoe days and standing watch in port
carrying a 1911A1 also made me feel just a little older <sigh>
Small Arms Inventory on my DE
( 4 ) M-60 LMG
( 12 ) M-14 with syn. stock, and the selector lever was
set on semi-auto only - lever was removed.
( 12 ) Mossberg? 12 Ga. Riot Shotguns with SYn stock
and the shells were full length brass for the sea
borne environment - I have an empty I save from a
fan fire. Chief Gunners "Scotty" Mate gave it to
me sometimes we'd talk weapons, and he respeccted
my knowledge of wepons as I did his.
24 1911s - I always checked my weapon and only handled
or that's what we had, Ithaca & Remington Rand manfacturered.
and there were flare pistols, and the single shot .410? that fired
the lines for hooking up for refueling & replenshment of stores.
On a capital Ship like the Enterprize, they have a number ( 80? )
of Marines for security - probably had other small arms of some
sort.
R- USN '72-'78
R-