Inside the History: Upper Handling Room for the 5"38 gun on WW2 battleship USS Massachusetts BB-59

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This video in our "Inside the History" series focuses on the Upper Handling Room for the 5"38 secondary gun system on USS Massachusetts, its operation, and historical use. Battleship Gunner's Mate Tom Lowney discusses the operation, ammunition, and manpower utilized in this room for two mounts to represent the 10 5"38 gun batteries on South Dakota-class battleships.
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30 сен 2024

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@eskrima1 5 месяцев назад

Very interesting. My father was in the upper handling room in mount 52 (5”/38) on the light cruiser USS Atlanta during WW2. When she was sunk that space was hit and everyone in there was killed except my dad.

@MrScott1171 3 года назад

Suggestion for the mic. Move it away from underneath the jaw to a place is not in the way of causing the jaw to hit it when moving the head head down. I causes all sorts of distortion.

@pauls3377 3 года назад

yeah i didn't catch that till after we shot the video we now have a lav mic for tom so it will not sound like the mic is being eaten

@xmanhoe 3 года назад

Hopefully I will be awake for this one 😉 00:30 GMT . Hi from Belfast Northern Ireland .

@tauntoncatholicnorth6379 3 года назад

Great job Tom. Came across this by accident. Saw it and thought "I know that guy".

@nsbchannel1 3 года назад

Wow....this guy is my hero. I like him. I bet he has great cartoons on the top of his toolbox. Good job sir!!

@skipmountain9283 3 года назад

Thanks Tom! Seeing history come alive touches many of us deeply 🇺🇸

@glennleach716 3 года назад

I really enjoy Tom's presentation style. The information just seems to flow so easily and really helps me understand a bit what it must have been like to operate some of the systems. I did notice a mirror behind the projectile hoist where Tom started the video. Is it original equipment, and if so what was it put there for? I am also curious about how the handling crew would know what type of shells to load (AP, HE, Star, WP, etc). How did the crew get notified when it was changing? I would think things would be moving so fast in the handling room it'd be kind of a trick to change over all of a sudden.