We had a minor malfunction with Jo’s mic. Jo says “160!” But not to worry you’ll get to hear Jo properly in an upcoming video.

@13Psycho13

11 ай бұрын

How do these guns specifically fair against the wear and tear of seawater and marine life buildup? Were they constantly cleaned?

@paulfarace9595

11 ай бұрын

​@@13Psycho13yes ... high maintenance was required to maintain these guns

@muhammads.a.m4727

6 ай бұрын

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I'd love to see a video about how deck guns were protected from seawater and corrosion, but able to be brought to firing status quickly when needed.

@larrybrown1824

11 ай бұрын

I second this

@straybullitt

11 ай бұрын

Third

@Bob-ed9tc

11 ай бұрын

Yep yep!

@PraxZimmerman

11 ай бұрын

even at a low speed, water resistance exerts such a huge force on anything protruding. I'm super curious as well.

@straybullitt

11 ай бұрын

@PraxZimmerman The gun, sail, deck railing, and most of all, the bow, were all contributing factors that made WW2 submarines so painfully slow when submerged. They were actually much faster when surfaced! Defying the laws of hydrodynamics! In all fairness, they were designed to run on the surface as much as possible. It is the exact opposite for modern submarines. The deck gun crew probably cringed every time that the boat dived. They knew that the next time they saw that gun, they were either going to be firing it or cleaning it....

As a former Puddle Jumper with experience running an engine room with Fairbanks-Morse engines, you're intro was upsetting 😂

You guys cracked me up with the " We have some jet skiers wee are gonna scare off..." LOL! Thank you for another fine video COD!

@paulfarace9595

11 ай бұрын

We did just that in 1995 aboard USS Pampanito on the set of the movie DOWN PERISCOPE. Jet skiers were harassing the sub during filming in the Richmond river until we cranked out their 40mm and trained it on them.

My dad was a 40mm gunner on USS Siversides (236) he loved that gun.

@whiskeythree1622

6 ай бұрын

That's awesome! I loved to tour the Silversides when I lived in Grand Rapids. You might like the book "The War Below" by James Scott -- includes excellent insight on the travels & actions of the Silversides.

I did the same sort of gun operation with the 3" deck gun on the Silversides, when it was in Chicago.

@paulfarace9595

6 ай бұрын

They have a 4-inch.

Interestingly, the mount does have the standard AA ring sights. On larger surface vessels, the 40mm mounts were typically controlled by off-mount directors.

@christianweagle6253

11 ай бұрын

I was wondering about those sights myself. There must have been a good reason?

@jamescameron2490

11 ай бұрын

@@christianweagle6253 just the standard ring sights. Could be used against surface or air targets.

Are there any special steps to prepare the gun for being submerged?

@CaliforniaFly

11 ай бұрын

Yeah, get the f*** underwater! Worry about it later.

@ligmasack9038

9 ай бұрын

shove the plug in the Barrel and close the Breach after removing the Brass/Round and swing the Gun so it is in-line with the Sail...

As a Canadian, I have to say how much I appreciated that little reference to Rush-Bagot. Much love from the other end of the Seaway in Montreal!

@paulfarace9595

11 ай бұрын

We hope to include a show just about the treaty to kill a nasty urban legend that its the reason why Cod didn't have guns or propellers when she was a reserve training sub.

@casey6556

11 ай бұрын

@@paulfarace9595 Rush-Bagot is one of my favourite little double-layered fun facts as a Canadian-American with an interest in military history It’s a small number of people who know that Canada and the US have a Great Lakes disarmament treaty still in force and an even smaller number who know what its actual modern agreed meaning is

There's a dual 40 mount that visitors can crank around at the Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola on their full size aircraft carrier flight deck display. Always popular! I would still like to make it back to Cleveland someday and go aboard the Cod again.

The US was not licensed to manufacture the Bofors during WWII. After the war the US was sued by the original designer and won. It was just such a great gun that nobody cared where it came from and just copied it for defense on many ships.

@RyanRansom

11 ай бұрын

Not exactly. The us had a license to build them for US use but were sued by bofors after the war for manufacturing them and transferring them by lend lease to other belligerents. Bofors lost in the US court of appeals district that includes Washington DC.

Before watching: Shooting up supply sampans and barges. The Navy did the same mount on the aft of PT boats. After watching: The Kriegsmarine succeeded in turning submarines into heavy AA platforms and got all of them sunk.

@colinprice712

11 ай бұрын

The Allies anti submarine operations were getting a good grip of the U boats:- centimetres radar could detect the periscope above water, HF/DF could pick up their high speed radio transmissions, and asdic helped as well. Most U boats needed to surface after 12 to 20 hours and at their slow submerged speed, patrols didn’t need to be very widespread. Once the U boats had serious AA armament, a patrolling aircraft could call up DE/DD support. If the U boat dived, the aircraft could use depth charges, if not, then most surface ships could damage a U boat with gunnery…

"they are friends and know we don't have ammunition"

Thank you for posting these videos. Keep up the good work.

Great content as always!

Excellent video. It cleared up a misconception I had. Thanks.

Great video! I would never want to be on the receiving end of one of those guns😮

What I've read informs me that these weapons were selected by the captain of the sub, depending upon the mission, preference, and general feel of performance. Thanks again!

@paulfarace9595

11 ай бұрын

Not selected by the mission but the captain had final word on what his boat carried.

Thanks for another video

Slim Pickens, being taken aboard a Japanese sub - Is that a Winchester? I got me a Winchester, shoots like a house a fire, too. You outta keep it outta the weather though.

@TennesseeTim-fv3or

11 ай бұрын

Where Hollywood?

@jaykirschenman

11 ай бұрын

You're lookin' at 'im.

@tankman7711

11 ай бұрын

That's me...Hollis Wood!

@TennesseeTim-fv3or

11 ай бұрын

One genuine early American hari-kari knife. Y'all go ahead and pass it around.

@frankgentile5383

11 ай бұрын

"A Nazi!...I knew you was in cahoots!"

This is so epic!!! ❤

Great Job Thanks.👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸

How did the guns stay lubricated after dives?

@eaglechawks3933

11 ай бұрын

Lots of grease I would imagine.

@studinthemaking

11 ай бұрын

They had some sort of salt water proof grease on them.

@rantonio

11 ай бұрын

@@studinthemaking that would make sense

Defending Lake Erie and Cleveland like a boss 😀

Dan Ayroyd in the movie 1941 will tell you how not to use this 40mm

Absolutely devastating against small coastal vessels. Was the ammo all HE, or did they have something with some AP capability as well?

@paulfarace9595

11 ай бұрын

Good question. I gotta believe that they used HE

Hmmm. ATF Form 4s are really fast right now. Off to do some research.

How do you depress the barrel low enough for close in targets, or is the rail an added item?

@paulfarace9595

11 ай бұрын

You didn't let them get that close !

This looks like it's up on the conning tower? Is there still a deck gun behind you guys on the main deck?

@paulfarace9595

11 ай бұрын

Yes the 5 inch

no long likes the coast guard :P

Good info. Oh...give Joe a mic...

@paulfarace9595

11 ай бұрын

We did in a later show😂

Is it intentionally the barrel painted 2-colors?

Did Cod manage to get any parts from the Clamagore?

@paulfarace9595

11 ай бұрын

Nooooo😢

😁👍

Can you operate the gun tourette as a visitor to the Cod?

@paulfarace9595

11 ай бұрын

Only the main gun

@On-Our-Radar-24News

11 ай бұрын

@@paulfarace9595 Is that the gun that's in this video?

Why not have an AA gun? U-boats did didn't they? I would have thought the threat from planes was more severe than junks.

@paulfarace9595

6 ай бұрын

Uboats had antiairaft guns but we didn't based on policy. You didn't engage aircraft, only surface craft.

‘Machine gun’ firing 2 pound bullets?

Aren't those AA sights though?

@paulfarace9595

11 ай бұрын

Yeah but the same sights work for surface targets too

How on Earth did the gun survive underwater?

@Murgoh

11 ай бұрын

Lots of grease and lots of maintenace like any naval gun probably. The problem is not being under water, it's being above water soaked with salt water that's the real problem.

@ostrich67

11 ай бұрын

It's made of steel, not papier-mache.

arhhhm i know arhhhm maybe arhhhm, this is a gun.

Believe Japan copied them Not that good though

@markwilliams2620

11 ай бұрын

The Japanese 25mm was based on a French Hotchkiss design. The French at the time had a horrible obsession with under calibered aircraft/anti-aircraft weapons.

looks perfect for the local police dept.

Not for air defense????. So if your in shooting position and a Kamikaze zero is coming right you, you won’t fire?. It’s the fog of war my man. You use what ya got. 🫤🫤

@USSCod

5 ай бұрын

If attacked by an enemy plane American submarines dived. The only circumstance where they wouldn’t is if they were unable to dive. The USS gato is one of the only known American submarines to engage an enemy plane. One kamikaze attacked the USS devilfish and there was no time for the gun crew to man their guns.