On the 5" , before I became mount captain, I used to sit in the bubble. I can't remember what that position was called. I remember a sea gull wondering too close to the end of the barrel during a gun shoot. It was just a puff of feathers when we were done. The BM's used to store a small boat on the fantail that they used for painting over-the-side. You take care and keep in touch!
Have you been in touch with Jake? I think he was on at the same time you were.
Did you ever have a chance to shoot the 3"? They were a blast (haha)!!
I took a picture of a 3" firing that I put on the web site. There was a lot of fire out of one of those things.
When we shot directly aft that little boat whould come right off the deck everytime we fired. Eventually they had to "dispose of it" because to too many gun shoots.
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