Oliver Sudden
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A question about Vietnam ground based artillery, did we have a shell that transmitted data back to the gun crew? I was told a story about this but had never heard of this before.
these were daylight engagements with visual spotting only, unlike Suriago Straight which was a night engagement, where American fire control radar played a significant role.
Be worth looking into railway guns which were Navy tubes on railroad carriage mounts.
Jouette. Eternal Vigilance. No doubt I saw her when I was leaving the docks to go fishing out of S.D. back in the day.In 1968, I was on DLG-29
When the FAC got back to base he looked up the call sign / authenticator and it was the USS Missouri. 16" MOA=close enough.
I was the officer of the deck on the mid watch (2345 to 0345 hours) the day Jouett was commissioned; Dec 3, 1966. Coldest watch ever; drizzling rain in freezing temperatures. My messenger of the watch was glad he got to go below decks to the CPO mess every half hour to get hot coffee.
haha, I believe that.... that the exact description of every single one of my attempted beach days in the PACNWColdest watch ever; drizzling rain in freezing temperatures