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What are the black and yellow devices,we didn't have them when I was in the navy?
twerppoet said:Those are the hydrostatic releases you mentioned. They release the raft from the ship at 10 to 15 ft. if I remember right. There is also a manual release (not shown) just in case you want off the ship before it's under water.
Yours were probably a different design. This particular unit is on a ferry at Seattle. The ones on most Coast Guard ships are more box shaped.
twerppoet said:I'm getting the impression someone collects optics, maybe just a bit.
twerppoet said:These appear to be Kreigsmarine U-Boat binoculars, used on U-Boats, and probably for most of WWII.
There seem to be a few variations, maybe different models/manufacureres through the war, but his pair is probably the 7x50 fixed focus by Carl Zeiss.