While watching Tom Hanks new movie Grayhound, my eyes kept focusing on this handset connection. It looked like this tangled cord even had one of the wires broken off. This was seen at the beginning of the movie before going into battle. I kept thinking this would never pass inspection. LOL At some point this must have been brought to the director’s attention, because I see someone fixed that problem near the end of the movie.
The handset is a US NAVY RCA Sound Powered Ship Phone MI-2040-A. They were made in Camden, New Jersey during WWII. They made both straight cord and coiled cord versions. You will find the straight cord version in the surplus and used markets more often. The rings holding the cartridges and cups in place on this handset are normally blackened. This ship is in a museum, so the constant handling and cleaning of this handset no doubt wore some off. The ship used in this movie is actually the USS Kidd, a decommissioned WWII-era Fletcher. This ship can be toured along with other militaria at a museum in Baton Rouge, LA.
The handset is a US NAVY RCA Sound Powered Ship Phone MI-2040-A. They were made in Camden, New Jersey during WWII. They made both straight cord and coiled cord versions. You will find the straight cord version in the surplus and used markets more often. The rings holding the cartridges and cups in place on this handset are normally blackened. This ship is in a museum, so the constant handling and cleaning of this handset no doubt wore some off. The ship used in this movie is actually the USS Kidd, a decommissioned WWII-era Fletcher. This ship can be toured along with other militaria at a museum in Baton Rouge, LA.