Here is a photo of the smoke bomb storage box. You can see the remnants of the wood at the end. It seems to have a notched out area at the end of it...I wonder if this would hold a set of ballistite cartridges. You can also see the remnants of the tapping screws on the back wall. I just noticed another one, located 1/2" from the top through the hinge.
This was one of the boxes that came from out of the beach after being buried since the mid 60s.
Another mystery I could use some help on is in the following photo.
The round bracket shown mounts on the division plate just beneath the plate that all the conduit goes through. On the other side of the division plate is the seat bracket (shown attached to the round thing). I have seen this little round bracket twice, both on fairly early hulls. Any ideas?
Any ideas?