Business End
by Jon Burch Photography
Title
Business End
Artist
Jon Burch Photography
Medium
Photograph - Digital Capture/the Faa Watermark Will Not Appear On The Final Image.
Description
USS Missouri gun barrel placed in Delaware's Fort Miles. After a long journey by water and rail, a 16-inch gun barrel was unveiled at the Battery 519 Museum at Delaware's Fort Miles Historical Area in Cape Henlopen State Park, where it will be stationed. The gun barrel, weighing more than 116 tons and 66 feet long, was salvaged from the USS Missouri, the battleship on whose deck the Japanese signed the surrender that ended World War II on Sept 2, 1945. The huge 16 inch gun could hurl 2,700 pound shells more than 23 miles in 50 seconds, with pinpoint accuracy in support of U.S. ground troops.
As a major operational center of our nation's coastal defense during World War II, Fort Miles in Cape Henlopen State Park is displaying this artifact from the U.S.S. Missouri known worldwide as the ship that hosted Japan's surrender..
Image copyright 2013 Jon Burch Photography
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February 15th, 2013
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Comments (2)
Chad Dutson
Great shot! Love the caption! Nice!
Jon Burch Photography replied:
Thanks again Chad! I was debating between 'Business End' and 'The Pointy End of the Spear'...