Ive seen these 1911A1 storage boards on WWII ships. Here is one on ebay that someone might be interested in for display.
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Ive seen these 1911A1 storage boards on WWII ships. Here is one on ebay that someone might be interested in for display.
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These were used aboard smaller naval vessels such as destroyers. Naval personnel were not normally assigned small arms like the Army and Marines. So, when the watch changed on the Quarterdeck, a Gunners Mate would issue a weapon to the new watch on a hand receipt, and retrieve it after the watch was over.. They would carry the arms back and forth from the armory in these carry racks.
On larger vessels, there was an arms locker on the bridge or Quarterdeck and the weapons would be issued that way. I was a flyer, and before each flight, an Ordnanceman would come to the Ready Room and issue us a S&W .38 Victory Model.. We would turn it in when we returned… The Navy allowed we Aircrews to carry a personnel weapon…
Here is a photo of me in the Ready Room aboard the USS ROOSEVELT CVA-42 taken in 1962 with an issue Victory Model...Notice the rack number painted on the back of the grip, the Navy used rack numbers on small arms to make inventory and issue easier...
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