WW-II Fleet boat deck gun shell base 3-in(76 mm) 50 caliber - USS Drum (SS-228) Singer Featherweight and birch rotating box

and birch rotating box

The phone was updated in the 70s to modular cords so you can plug it in and use it anywhere

Power Requirements: 120V AC

The meter movement and operating mechanism are mechanical

with the new screws

WW-II Fleet boat deck gun shell base 3-in(76 mm) 50 caliber - USS Drum (SS-228) Singer Featherweight and birch rotating boxMy Uncle James was a Chief in the submarine force of the United States Navy "Silent Service" during WW II. I would call this trench art, except he was Navy and never served in the trenches. He brought this home after one of his war patrols, and it sat in his den in New Orleans having a 2nd life as an ashtray. I'm sure it killed 10,000 Chesterfields, and the Chesterfields finally got Uncle James. This is the base of a 3in, 50cal shell which was fired