13-inch/35-caliber gun
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13-inch-35-caliber-gun-0-9448614
title:
13-inch/35-caliber gun
text:
The 13"/35 caliber gun Mark 1 was used for the primary batteries on eight of the first nine battleships in the United States Navy, Indiana-class, Kearsarge-class and Illinois-class; USS Iowa (BB-4) used the 12-inch (305 mm)/35 caliber gun. The Navy's Policy Board called for a variety of large caliber weapons in 1890, with ranges all the way up to 16-inch (406 mm). A 16-inch caliber gun was beyond US manufacturing capabilities at this time though and the largest gun possible was the 13-inch (330
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Naval gun
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13-inch/35-caliber_gun
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date modified:
2023-05-13T12:33:02Z
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