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Serge Moscow
{K:-2917} 11/3/2014
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Ah, I see, this is from Aowa 16-inches guns.
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Serge Moscow
{K:-2917} 11/3/2014
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Interesting shot. What system?
You can see my photos of weapons here
https://www.flickr.com/photos/56720650@N03/sets/72157633566087352/
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Clay Boutin
{K:28722} 10/10/2014
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Nice capture Darryl. They didn't have this on display when I visited the Iowa. I saw the shell and a couple of powder bags but they were not displayed like this.
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Paul Freeman
{K:35606} 10/10/2014
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I got to know a ex-army Logistics Engineer last year, never really thought about those ind of things before.
Some fantastic information Darryl.
Regards
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Darryl Barclay
{K:6818} 10/10/2014
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This display is on the deck of the USS Iowa Battleship that is on permanent display in San Pedro (Los Angeles) California. Fully loaded, the ship would have 3,000 of these rounds and 9,000 of the powder charges. There are 3 guns to each turret. Each turret has it's own powder magazine with both rounds and powder. In the Pearl Harbor attack in 1941, the USS Arizona had at least a partial load of this ordinance on board when it took a bomb hit directly to one of the powder magazines. No wonder the ship was so totally destroyed. As leading edge as these ships were at the beginning of the war, they became of much less importance in the war when the Aircraft Carrier became the primary battle tool.
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Paul Freeman
{K:35606} 10/10/2014
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The logistics of war; amazing. Good one Darryl
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