In Spain we still use them (We call them 3"/50 Mk22), in the Serviola-class patrol boats, albeit with some modifications. I had the honor of being its gunner for two years (2016-2018), it's a really nice and sturdy gun, sadly its sights are quite obsolete for today's standards. The one I used was made, if I recall correctly, in 1942's Brooklyn.

@fredklink4492

3 жыл бұрын

Interesting to hear that the old cannons are still in use! Thanks for watching our video.

@themechbuilder6171

3 жыл бұрын

aca en mexico tenemos lo mas viejo en cuanto armamento... lo cual no importa por que para necesitariamos eso?

@eljamo93

3 жыл бұрын

Wow! Thanks for sharing

This naval artillery is still inuse by some countries.And it's a gun that is used for training by the Navy in many countries.

George you did a great job of explaining the gun and how it is managed.

Very cool. Great upload.

Should they sound clankity and squeaky? I’d imagine not. Repair and refurbishment are probably needed, and grease. I’d love to help accomplish that. It would be awesome to work on them and be a member of the operating gun crew for demonstrations. Problem is location. I rode the Lane Victory from Los Angeles Harbor to Catalina Island some years back. That was fantastic! Riding on steam power is so quiet and smooth, at least up on the main deck. And in the coastal waters of Southern California in July, it doesn’t get much better than that. Forget cruise ships, this is the way to cruise! Even though it was dense fog in the harbor that morning, it “burned” off quickly. A slight swell in the harbor in the fog (less than a quarter mile viz, I think) got me just a bit queezy. Out some 15 miles, you get to a point of nearly nothing but ocean visible in all directions. A few sailboats at distance. And then we were attacked by German T-6 Texans. 😀. Too bad there couldn’t be a Fletcher or Sumner class destroyer (museum ship) to sail along. Anyway, sailing on the Red Oak Victory will be something you’ll definitely enjoy. 👍

@fredklink4492

2 жыл бұрын

The traverse and elevation mechanisms are gear-driven mechanical devices and hence they make a fair amount of noise. However, much of the noise you hear in this video is simply play in the handwheel grips and is not coming from the gun mechanism itself.

Bugger was hoping for live fire.

Oh foot triggers so that’s how the 5 inch/38 cal gun mounts fires

@willcouldkill

4 жыл бұрын

Foot trigger,lanyard and solenoid as well

My dad said he shot some of those in WWII on his ship the USS Comet AP 166.

Cool gun. Lubed it up and cleaned the bird shit off it

@fredklink4492

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks. It was a little more work than just cleaning and lubricating. Since this video was made we have restored the breech to operation so we can load and eject dummry rounds.

Retired GMCS , second ship , Yarnell CG 17 , we had two twin auto loaders , hated those things , make you deaf real quick

Do those deck guns still fire live rounds?

@redoakvictoryak235

3 жыл бұрын

No, they do not. We're working on a protocol for doing a loading/blank fire demostration of the 3".

Why aren't the crank handles opposed like on a bicycle?

@redoakvictoryak235

3 жыл бұрын

Because someone a long time ago assembled them incorrectly. Fixing that is on our TODO list!

@DepakoteMeister

3 жыл бұрын

@@redoakvictoryak235 Lol, I though it was designed like that for a reason!

@willcouldkill

3 жыл бұрын

One is a steel wheel the other is solid brass, folks would steal the brass all that is normally left are the steel wheels that are oriented in the same manner

@DepakoteMeister

3 жыл бұрын

@@willcouldkill Why are the wheels different materials?

A few of our casings ended up in various places, as 'butt cans,' for cigarettes.

Which Mark is it? Is it 3 inch Mark 10? I tried to find information online, but there doesn't seem to be anything.

@fredklink4492

26 күн бұрын

Mk 22 but incomplete in that it doesn't have the ammunition handling system.

@SkywalkerWroc

26 күн бұрын

@@fredklink4492 Cheers, thanks for a quick response :)

You should reach out to the Battleship New Jersey channel. Could help get views on here and maybe some some donations flowing. Also dont turn the comments off on every video. You have lot of history buffs that like to ask questions or give suggestions for video ideas. Anyways can't wait to see more videos.

@redoakvictoryak235

3 жыл бұрын

We never turn off comments on videos for just that reason. We do retain good relationships with our fellow historic ships on a personal level in many cases and through the Historic Naval Ships Association (hnsa.org). Thanks for your interest and support!

@warvamp2

3 жыл бұрын

@@redoakvictoryak235 thanks for your reply. The comments are off on your last 3 newest videos.

@redoakvictoryak235

3 жыл бұрын

@@warvamp2 For some unknown (to me!) reason, if you mark your video as "made for kids" they turn off commenting automatically. The latest video is indeed made for kids as part of an educational grant we received so I am not going to change the setting on that one. But I did change the settings on the other two.

@warvamp2

3 жыл бұрын

@@redoakvictoryak235 ok no problem just bringing it to your attention

"a special wrench by hand" a spanner wrench lol

Dumb question, that looks bigger than the a 50cal rifle, Is it because it says " BMG " ?

@fredklink4492

Жыл бұрын

That's actually a good question. In Naval gun terminology the "caliber" is barrel length divivied by the bore diameter. Therefore, the barrel on a 3"/50 caliber is fifty times three inches in length or 150" which is 12.5 feet. The gun on our stern is a 5"/38 caliber. That makes the barrel 190 inches or just under 16 feet in length.

@Latinos4Trump

Жыл бұрын

@@fredklink4492 I just went crosseyed Lol. Thanks, liked & Subscribed 👍 FJB🇺🇸 edit:I just watched your Home video, I'm in Walnut Creek, Gramps helped park the " mothball fleet " as a kid is was awesome to drive over bridge and see 1000 ships there, sad to see they are mostly gone.