hink441 Posted March 12, 2018 Share #201 Posted March 12, 2018 Kadet, That is a great looking UDT helmet!! Thanks for posting. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KRIS FORD Posted March 27, 2018 Share #202 Posted March 27, 2018 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 A$$ 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.. ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eloy Posted November 14, 2018 Share #203 Posted November 14, 2018 A Schlueter USN shell,MT 24,2ND LOADER any help?.Thanks in advance if anyone can tell me what MT 24 means I would appreciate it...... Enviado desde mi SM-G950F mediante Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KRIS FORD Posted November 14, 2018 Share #204 Posted November 14, 2018 if anyone can tell me what MT 24 means I would appreciate it...... Enviado desde mi SM-G950F mediante Tapatalk (gun) Mount 24. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eloy Posted November 14, 2018 Share #205 Posted November 14, 2018 ¡Thanks a lot! Enviado desde mi SM-G950F mediante Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sigsaye Posted November 20, 2018 Share #206 Posted November 20, 2018 if anyone can tell me what MT 24 means I would appreciate it...... Enviado desde mi SM-G950F mediante Tapatalk MT 24 means Gun Mount, (20mm), #4, (Starboard Side). Second Liader passes magazine to first Loader, who mounts it in the gun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eloy Posted November 20, 2018 Share #207 Posted November 20, 2018 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 Enviado desde mi SM-G950F mediante Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KRIS FORD Posted November 26, 2018 Share #208 Posted November 26, 2018 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hink441 Posted January 24, 2019 Share #209 Posted January 24, 2019 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hink441 Posted January 24, 2019 Share #210 Posted January 24, 2019 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hink441 Posted January 24, 2019 Share #211 Posted January 24, 2019 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digi-shots Posted January 24, 2019 Share #212 Posted January 24, 2019 Chris, great post! I like these Navy helmets! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just another collector Posted January 29, 2019 Share #213 Posted January 29, 2019 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.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sigsaye Posted January 29, 2019 Share #214 Posted January 29, 2019 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted January 29, 2019 Share #215 Posted January 29, 2019 +1 Looks like an Unrep helmet as Sigsaye said Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Rooster Posted April 25, 2019 Share #216 Posted April 25, 2019 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. 2 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
644td Posted May 8, 2019 Share #217 Posted May 8, 2019 Similar blue. This is a late to post Vietnam helmet. Marty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hink441 Posted July 2, 2021 Share #218 Posted July 2, 2021 Found a green one the other day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted July 2, 2021 Share #219 Posted July 2, 2021 Very nice USN Unrep (Underway Replenishment) helmet, just the right dark green color as shown in your previously posted photo here REPOST Hink, There's alot going on in that photo which pertains to other USN questions on the forum boards First off, this is a Destroyer type conducting a High Line transfer with a Bo'sun's Chair. Above decks, off camera, would be a sailor with signal Paddles controlling the movement of the high line. There is a 'Brown Shoe' officer in Khakis on the right, probably the First LT (Deck Division) Officer. The sailor standing by in the Yellow hardhat is probably the ships serviceman (Supply puke, too clean to be a deck ape) waiting for the mail and movies We've got a Blue Work jacket, OD Green Deck jackets and three extreme cold weather jackets (the green nylon jackets) all are wearing Kapok life jackets The First Division sailors are in the Blue helmets, the sailor without a helmet is on the Sound Powered Telephone connected to the ships circuits and the Paddle man. He should be wearing a Mk2 Talker helmet The Sailor in the Green Helmet could be the Fuel King (POL) as they may also be conducting an unrep (underway replenishment) which would be the next evolution. The Sailor standing by in the White Helmet is most likely the Corpsman (HM) and if you look over the Whaleboat davit you can see another Destroyer on station next in line for unrep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArchangelDM Posted September 15, 2021 Share #220 Posted September 15, 2021 Navy/Marine helmet with the navy blue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted December 11, 2022 Share #221 Posted December 11, 2022 On 11/8/2015 at 1:08 PM, sigsaye said: . Oh yeah!! Red Lead Primer. Out lawed 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" ??⚓️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sigsaye Posted December 11, 2022 Share #222 Posted December 11, 2022 3 hours ago, Salvage Sailor said: Good Days! Simpler Times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted January 19, 2023 Share #223 Posted January 19, 2023 Period Reference - Red Painted Helmets for G (Gunnery) Division Line Gun Crew, USS HORNET WESTPAC 1963 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warpath Posted January 19, 2023 Share #224 Posted January 19, 2023 BB-55 Battleship USS North Carolina M1 Helmets with Hawley liners Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manayunkman Posted August 28, 2023 Share #225 Posted August 28, 2023 On 8/24/2010 at 11:01 PM, jpstout said: I could not resist! As previously mentioned, the lack of any standards as to paint and abbreviations, and the decades of service a M1 might serve in the USN, make determination of the period difficult. So, what the heck! I threw a bunch in together! Most are WWII and some are identified, some PTO and some ETO. The "CAPT." is my latest recruit, rather dull compared to some, belonging to Lt Humsjo who skippered the LCI 502 and dropped British Infantry off on Gold Beach on D-Day. He latered skippered the LSM 524 in preparation for the Japanese Invasion. He passed on in 2008. A few others I have put in separate posts.........jpstout Like Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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