"USS Newport News in Vietnam" Topic
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| Kuznetsov | 30 May 2025 5:13 a.m. PST |
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| Kuznetsov | 30 May 2025 5:49 a.m. PST |
I posted it here since these are WWII-era guns… |
Red Jacket  | 30 May 2025 7:12 a.m. PST |
In the videos, there are black canvas barriers affixed to the base of the 8 inch gun tubes, where they enter the gun house. What are those barriers called? I have seen them called "blast bags," however, when I used that term with a veteran who served as a gunnery officer on the USS OKLAHOMA CITY, he looked at me as if I had sprung horns or something. Perhaps the barriers were not used on the 6 inch guns of the light cruisers, however, war-time photos and video show the barriers used with 5 inch guns. |
| Shagnasty | 30 May 2025 10:41 a.m. PST |
I can't remember there proper term but they are there primarily to block weather and sea phenomena from entering the turret. |
| troopwo | 31 May 2025 3:40 p.m. PST |
The canvas weather 'skirting'? |
| Cke1st | 09 Jun 2025 7:43 p.m. PST |
They are informally called "bloomers." |
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