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It's not 3"/50 cal, it's 3"/50, others were 5"/38 and 5"/54 but Dungannon has what it means right.
FT(G)SN Mackie
Haze Gray and under way from '75 to '79
I'd give my left nut to experience that!I had the rare treat of seeing the Iowa fire all 9 rifles in salvo from the air! Even at a distance of about two miles, you could FEEL the heat and the concussion from those guns! I will never forget that experience!!!
One of the coolest uses of ordnance I have ever seen! They were firing on a gun emplacement on shore, and hit that sucker with all shells fired. A "miss" at 20 miles was measured in meters and if memory serves me, it was less then 5 meters at that range, still a hit as far as they were concerned! The Iowa ( don't know for sure IF it was the big I) was in as close as she could get, there was a serious brown wake behind her from kicking up the bottom
Man I love those big battleships! Got to tour the Missouri in Hawaii a few years ago - what amazing ships they were.
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