Registered: November 2001 Location: P. O. Box 96, CATAUMET, Massachusetts 02 Posts: 3,036
Mon January 26, 2009 12:19pm
5"x38/45 twin mounts. My "home" in the navy! No wonder I'm deaf. I noticed these (on the BB-63 Missouri) had 1.5 plate armor on 'em. Not so (for obvious reasons) on the DDs I served on. Loudest puppies in the Fleet--with the possible exception of the Bofors 40mm open quad mounts!
Those of you who've been in these can attest. Gawd-awful"bark"! The pair of triangular jobbies on the upper corners of the mounts are parallactic gun-sights (pre-radar, of course). About 190 power---you can read signs at 3-4 miles (like those on Gitmo's beaches). No shyte!
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BigGuy Senior Club Cobra Member
Registered: December 2003 Location: Cleveland area, OH Posts: 25,033
Thu February 20, 2020 6:48pm
Rating: 10
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