City - San Pedro State - CALIFORNIA Country - United States
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Six of the nine 16-inch (406 mm) / 50-caliber Mark 7 naval guns , the primary guns used on the WWII Battleship Iowa. These guns fired explosive– and armor-piercing shells, and can fire a 16-inch (406 mm) shell approximately 23.4 nautical miles (40 km). The guns are 66 feet (20 m) long of which About 43 feet (13 m) protrudes from the gun house. Each gun weighs about 239,000 pounds (108,000 kg) without the breech, or 267,900 pounds (121,500 kg) with the breech.[23] They fire projectiles weighing from 1,900 to 2,700 pounds (850 to 1,200 kg) at a maximum speed of 2,960 ft/s (820 m/s up to 20 miles (32 km). At maximum range, the projectile spends almost 1½ minutes in flight. The maximum firing rate for each gun was two rounds per minute. For a detailed picture of what the entire gun assembly was made up of click on this link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Iowa_16_inch_Gun-EN.svg
Thanks Jose. It is a picture of something old, 70+ years, and historic, President Franklin D Roosevelt spent 5 days on her in 1943 just like a picture of a 70 year old classic car would be.
Fabio relax, This ship is over 70 years old. It was built in 1940. In 1943 President Franklin D Roosevelt spent 5 days aboard the ship with it's captain and crew. It is a part of US History and is now a museum.
preparing for war again... on crimea, in corea, in middle east... how on earth do usa manage to gather so many enemies on the globe... even in the most remote countries and places?
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