B B - 63
by Jon Burch Photography
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B B - 63
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Jon Burch Photography
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Photograph - Digital Capture/the Faa Watermark Will Not Appear On The Final Image.
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The USS Missouri's main battery consisted of nine 16 in 50 cal Mark 7 guns, which could fire 2,700 lb armor-piercing shells some 20 miles. Her secondary battery consisted of twenty 5 in 38 cal guns in twin turrets, with a range of about 10 miles. With the advent of air power and the need to gain and maintain air superiority came a need to protect the growing fleet of allied aircraft carriers; to this end, Missouri was fitted with an array of Oerlikon 20 mm and Bofors 40 mm anti-aircraft guns to defend allied carriers from enemy airstrikes. When reactivated in 1984 Missouri had her 20mm and 40mm AA guns removed, and was outfitted with Phalanx mounts for protection against enemy missiles and aircraft, and Armored Box Launchers and Quad Cell Launchers designed to fire Tomahawk missiles and Harpoon missiles.
Image copyright 2013 Jon Burch Photography
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February 14th, 2013
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