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44: 401:. These ships also featured the first "three-gun" turrets, meaning that each gun in each turret could be "individually sleeved" to elevate separately (however, they could be linked so they would elevate as a unit, similar to the triple turrets on other Navy ships). The 14"/50 caliber guns were designated as Mark 4 and 6, with later versions known as Mark 7, 11, and B. These guns were more powerful than the main gun mounted on the previous three classes of US battleships (the 362: 460:
battleships. The guns were capable of firing a 1,402 pounds (636 kg) armor-piercing (AP) projectile at an angle of 15 degrees, to a range of 24,000 yards (21,946 m). Each gun weighed approximately 179,614 pounds (81,472 kg), including the breech, and was 59.5 feet (18.1 m) long.
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battleships. Although it was simpler and lighter than the older versions, the Mark B was the most powerful 14 inch weapon ever designed by the United States. However, the prototype of this gun was not completed because the 14 inch treaty limit was rescinded in 1937 which allowed the new
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were used on both Mark 4 and Mark 6 types. The Navy encountered dispersion problems at extreme ranges with these guns in the 1920s. Several methods were used to correct these problems, including correction of range tables for errors, addition of delay coils, reduction of chamber volume, and
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The Mark 7 was designed in the 1930s and entered service in 1935. This gun included a smaller chamber, a shell-centering cone, a single-slope band seat, uniform rifling, and a tube locking ring. The Mark 11 was introduced later, with chromium plating added to the bore.
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consisted of a tube, liner, and a screw box liner with a separate screwed-on flange. Three hoops and two locking rings were also included. The Mark 6 was slightly different in that it contained a single step taper liner and uniform twist rifling. Downward-opening
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In the field of naval guns, the caliber indicates the length of the gun and is the length divided by the diameter, so a 50 calibre 14 inch gun has a length of about 700 inches (18 m).
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A newer version of the 14"/50 caliber gun, Mark B, was designed in 1937. It was the original gun intended for use on the
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receiving the upgrade in 1942. The dispersion problems that existed with Marks 4 and 6 were corrected with these guns.
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The propellant charge used for the ammunition weighed 470 pounds (210 kg) and was contained in four bags.
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Gun No. 19, on an M1918 Railway Mount No. 9, built by the Marion Steam Shovel Company, is located at the
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in France. Gun No. 119L2, a Mark 2 gun on a Mark 1 Railway Mount No. 148, is located at the
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The 14-inch (356mm), 50 caliber gun was the weapon chosen as the main armament on the
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The 14"/50 caliber gun was designed in 1916 and entered service in 1918 on the
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in a 1917 redesign. The ships were eventually canceled in 1922 after the
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when they were originally designed, but it was later switched to the
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The 14"/50 caliber gun was installed on five battleships:
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Marks 7, 11, and B: 2,825 ft/s (861 m/s) HC
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Marks 7, 11, and B: 2,700 ft/s (820 m/s) AP
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The United States naval railway batteries in France
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Index

14"/50 caliber gun

USS Idaho (BB-42)
Naval gun
Bureau of Ordnance
U.S. Naval Gun Factory
Barrel
calibers
Shell
Armor-piercing (AP)
High explosive (HC)
Caliber
Recoil
Elevation
Traverse
Rate of fire
Muzzle velocity

USS Tennessee (BB-43)
naval gun
New Mexico
Tennessee-class
battleships
New York
Nevada
Pennsylvania classes
14"/45 caliber gun
Lexington-class
battlecruiser
16"/50 caliber Mark 2 gun

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