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01-09-08, 07:46 PM
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Seaman
 Join Date: Mar 2005
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Gene Fluckey (of USS Barb fame) in his last patrol during 1945 expended every round of 5 inch ammo and 40mm ammo they had on board. Most was used to bombard shoreline installations in/near the Japanese home islands but it was also used on small vessels like sampans and coastal luggers.
He tells the story of finding three star shells for the 5 inch deck gun in the bottom of the ammo lockers, which they used to drill holes in and sink two wooden sampans!!
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