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Gun No. 353 was the prototype of the Mark 8 and was test fired on 22 September 1910. This gun had been ordered 16 June 1907 and delivered in November 1907. The simplified design of the Mark 8 had just a gun tube and jacket. The jacket extended all the way to the muzzle and ended in a muzzle bell. The
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The Mark 9 was a design directly resulting from tests with gun No. 353. It was designed to be light in weight, and would go on to be the standard 4-inch gun used on destroyers and submarines during WW I. The gun would use an A tube, full-length jacket, a muzzle swell with a side swing
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joining the pre-war manufacturers. After the Armistice another 713 guns were produced, with orders for 3538 guns cancelled. It was decided after World War I that all destroyers would carry the 4-inch/50-caliber Mark 9 Mod 5 gun; the refits were completed in autumn 1921.
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gun dated January and February 1915. It was designed with a vertically sliding breech block on a built-up gun with a tube, jacket, chase hoop and locking ring, all constructed of nickel steel, but it does not appear that the Mark 10 was put into service.
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Four two-gun batteries of 4β€³/50-caliber ex-Navy guns were emplaced on the North Shore of Oahu in 1942. They seem to have been withdrawn in 1943 as other defenses were constructed. It is not clear who operated these guns; likely possibilities include the
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gave a 33-pound (15 kg) projectile a velocity of 2,900 ft/s (880 m/s). Range was 9 mi (14 km) at the maximum elevation of 20 degrees. Useful life expectancy was 400–500
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were transferred from combat patrols to training duties from mid-1942 through 1943, their 4-inch guns were removed and used to re-equip front-line submarines built with 3-inch/50-caliber guns.
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on 18 October 1911. There were 390 Mark 9s built by four different manufacturers from 1911 until the US entered World War I in 1917. During the war another 1,885 guns were produced, with
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The gun was rapid firing (US term) or quick firing (British term). Fixed ammunition (case and projectile handled as a single assembled unit) with a 14.5-pound (6.6 kg) charge of
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The Mark 10, gun No. 365-A, was ordered in 1915 but does not appear to have been completed until after WW I. The initial drawings were for a 4-inch/50-caliber
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round. The Mod 1 was a Mod 0 that used a conical steel liner and the Mod 2 was either a Mod 0 or Mod 1 that was relined using a conical
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The unassigned numbers mostly corresponded to gun orders that were cancelled with the signing of the Armistice.
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submarines, and was used to rearm numerous submarines built with 3-inch (76 mm) guns early in
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during the war. The 4-inch/50-caliber guns removed from destroyers were mounted on
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than a 4-inch gun. The ammunition was about 7 lb (3.2 kg) heavier than a
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became standard for United States destroyers constructed from the 1930s through
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on 7 December 1941 at the State Capitol grounds in St. Paul, Minnesota.
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production run was small with only 12 guns built, Nos. 353–364.
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United States of America 4β€³/50 (10.2 cm) Marks 7, 8, 9 and 10
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Many Mark 9 guns were supplied to the United Kingdom during
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62.4–64.75 lb (28.30–29.37 kg) (complete round)
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on destroyers beginning in the 1930s. The dual-purpose
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Mark 9: 15,920 yd (14,560 m) at 20Β° elevation
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which fired the first American shot of World War II at
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The Ships and Aircraft of the U.S. Fleet, War Edition
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Mark 7: 9,000 yd (8,200 m) at 13Β° elevation
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Mark 10: 6,860 lb (3,110 kg) (with breech)
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Mark 9: 5,900 lb (2,700 kg) (with breech)
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Mark 8: 6,440 lb (2,920 kg) (with breech)
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Mark 7: 5,808 lb (2,634 kg) (with breech)
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Seaforth Publishing. pp. 188–191. 1167:-class destroyers transferred under the 1133:United States Army Coast Artillery Corps 489:liner and a shoulder on the breech end. 445:and the 1920s. It was also the standard 34:4β€³/50 caliber gun Marks 7, 8, 9, and 10 1252: 548:protection resulted in the mounting of 14: 2223: 1372: 989:Numerous rearmed submarines including 890:The 4β€³/50-caliber gun was mounted on: 393:Mark 8: 2,800 ft/s (850 m/s) 390:Mark 7: 2,500 ft/s (760 m/s) 1807: 1485: 1454:Lenton, H.T.; Colledge, J.J. (1968). 290:Mark 7: 204.5 in (5,190 mm) 171:Mark 10: 1914 (Did not enter service) 1125: 333:33 lb (15 kg) (projectile) 296:Mark 10: 211 in (5,400 mm) 1438:Gardiner, Robert and Gray, Randal, 566:Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships 24: 885: 25: 2252: 1464: 1358:Lenton and Colledge 1968 pp.90-92 1031:Some minesweepers - Q-ships like 860:Nos. 3507-3575 were not assigned 843:Nos. 2995-3375 were not assigned 824:Nos. 2381-2875 were not assigned 1868:16"/45 caliber Mark 1, 5 & 8 1636:5"/51 caliber Mark 7–8 and 14–15 968:United States S-class submarines 403:Effective firing range 40: 2236:Naval guns of the United States 805:Nos. 856-875 were not assigned 1834:American naval weapons of the 1512:American naval weapons of the 1394:Naval Weapons of World War Two 1352: 1343: 1334: 1275:Naval Weapons of World War One 1243: 1169:Destroyers for Bases Agreement 1101:Some World War II oilers like 740:British and American Mfg. Co. 689:British and American Mfg. 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Index

4"/50 calibre gun

USS Ward
Pearl Harbor
Naval gun
United States Navy
Royal Navy
Royal Canadian Navy
Soviet Navy
World War I
World War II
Bureau of Ordnance
U.S. Naval Gun Factory
Bethlehem Steel
Midvale Steel
British and American Mfg. Co.
Watervliet Arsenal
Root & VanDervoort
American Radiator Corp.
Poole Engineering
Barrel
calibres
Shell
Calibre
Elevation
Traverse
Rate of fire
Muzzle velocity
quick-firing gun
monitor

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