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[Kadet]

The vet that I believe wore this helmet is seated in the front w/ the dark coveralls and UDT coral boots. This picture was take on the beach at Little Creek, VA in the early post WWII era

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[hink441]

Kadet,

That is a great looking UDT helmet!! Thanks for posting.

Chris

[KRIS FORD]

Oh, I really miss the sound of the needle gun at work on the deck directly above your rack!!! Great times!!

Yep..good times! That, with flight ops..if you had a late watch..good luck getting any rack time!

 

. Oh yeah!! Red Lead Primer. Out lawned by the Navy in the late 1980s, still chipping it up in the Mid 1990s. I actually enjoyed Needle Gunning. You could just find a spot, and shut everything else out. I was still doing it as a Senior Chief. I'd dump the paper work on my SM1 and go "Bust Rust" ⚓️

 

 

Writing obscenities in a big square of non skid with the needle gun was always a hoot too! Then bust sweetheart trying to needle it up SNICKERING AND LAUGHING like little kids before someone got mad LOL. Also, seemed like there was never enough hose!

 

But yes..there was a certain ZEN of getting in the zone with the needle gun and was oddly satisfying when you were done with a spot..then primer and paint with pride, and it would look like a million bucks if you did it right! (or re-lay non skid..have done a few acres worth of that too! Kind of like a stucco, really..)

 

Don't forget to Nevr-dull any surrounding brightwork!

 

Topic related..trying to rack my brains about the helmets we had on CVN-73..there were bulkhead mounted racks near the Damage Control lockers.. I want to say they were either OD green, and some were gray..(MAYBE?? )..for the fire party, we had actual red fireman's helmets..when I was on the .50 as an Airman in Weps, it was a red flight deck cranial (built in eyes and ears were nice with that..) the phone talkers were gray..and always got a Spaceballs joke or two! (phone talker was always the butt of a few Darth Helmet jokes.. )

[eloy]

A Schlueter USN shell,MT 24,2ND LOADER any help?.Thanks in advance Enviado desde mi SM-G950F mediante Tapatalk

Edited by eloy, 13 November 2018 - 09:48 PM.

[eloy]

Some more pictures.....

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[eloy]

A Schlueter USN shell,MT 24,2ND LOADER any help?.Thanks in advanceEnviado desde mi SM-G950F mediante Tapatalk

A Schlueter USN shell,MT 24,2ND LOADER any help?.Thanks in advance

Edited by eloy, 13 November 2018 - 09:54 PM.

[eloy]

if anyone can tell me what MT 24 means I would appreciate it......

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[KRIS FORD]

if anyone can tell me what MT 24 means I would appreciate it......

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(gun) Mount 24.

[eloy]

¡Thanks a lot!

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[sigsaye]

if anyone can tell me what MT 24 means I would appreciate it......

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MT 24 means Gun Mount, (20mm), #4, (Starboard Side). Second Liader passes magazine to first Loader, who mounts it in the gun.

[eloy]

MT 24 means Gun Mount, (20mm), #4, (Starboard Side). Second Liader passes magazine to first Loader, who mounts it in the gun.

Useful information. Thanks

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[KRIS FORD]

MT 24 means Gun Mount, (20mm), #4, (Starboard Side). Second Liader passes magazine to first Loader, who mounts it in the gun.

 

Ahh, yes..thanks Sigs!

[hink441]

This is a picture of a damage control locker aboard a Navy ship. I have had a helmet that matches the red with white striped helmets in the picture below. I had always wondered what my helmet was used for. I also found a reference that has ID'd this helmet as a USN damage control On Scene Leader.

[hink441]

Here is my helmet with the white stripes indicating an On Scene Leader. This helmet is from repair locker #3 and is responsible for the aft portion of the ship.

[hink441]

Here is a portion of the Navy BMR (Basic Military Requirements for advancement) manual addressing Damage Control on Navy Ships. It addresses the On Scene Leader (OSL) white stripe helmets.

[digi-shots]

Chris, great post! I like these Navy helmets!

[Just another collector]

Here is what I believe to be a navy lid. Unsure. It is painted marine green. Unsure why it would be painted this way(if anyone knows why it would be painted green, please let me know.)

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Edited by Just another collector, 28 January 2019 - 06:44 PM.

[sigsaye]

Here is what I believe to be a navy lid. Unsure. It is painted marine green. Unsure why it would be painted this way(if anyone knows why it would be painted green, please let me know.)

. Yes, it is Navy. That color of green was used both on underway replenishment stations, on all ships, or on the Green Debarkation Station on Amphibious ships by cargo handelers.

[Salvage Sailor]

+1

 

Looks like an Unrep helmet as Sigsaye said

[rooster77]

Is it safe to say this here is a navy used steel pot ?

Its a front seam swivel bail. The Pot and the liner were olive drab at one point.

The liner has a shield on one side and a circular decal on the other.. All of it over painted in Blue.

You can see the outlines through the blue paint.

Navy ?

 

Thank you.

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[rooster77]

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Edited by rooster77, 24 April 2019 - 04:25 PM.

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[644td]

Similar blue. This is a late to post Vietnam helmet.

Marty

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