And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
They are definitely NOT 16" guns. Those do appear to be 5-inch (nominal diameter of the shell) 38 (the barrel length is approximately 38x the shell diameter). On smaller ships - destroyers, etc. - the turrets would normally be on the ship's centerline. As shown here, they appear to be secondary armament on a larger ship. After the 38s, there were 5"-54s. And many other types after that, though usually smaller than 5" Many of our old-school cruisers had 8" guns.
Boom-Boom out went the lights!
ReplyDeleteFive inch 38s, or have those been replaced by something newer?
ReplyDeleteThat's pretty impressive but not as impressive as a US battleship's 18" guns firing a three-round salvo.
ReplyDeleteU. S. Iowa-class battleships had 16" guns.
DeleteOOOPS!!! Yes, 16". And their projectiles were over one ton each.
DeleteThose ARE the 16" guns firing.
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ReplyDelete..Five inch 38s.. not enough of them for the coming WestPac festivities..
ReplyDeleteThey are definitely NOT 16" guns. Those do appear to be 5-inch (nominal diameter of the shell) 38 (the barrel length is approximately 38x the shell diameter). On smaller ships - destroyers, etc. - the turrets would normally be on the ship's centerline. As shown here, they appear to be secondary armament on a larger ship. After the 38s, there were 5"-54s. And many other types after that, though usually smaller than 5" Many of our old-school cruisers had 8" guns.
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