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304:6–8 rounds per minute
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890:6"/40 caliber Mark 4
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556:USS
541:Galveston
539:USS
522:USS
505:USS
488:USS
471:USS
454:USS
437:USS
273:Elevation
65:Naval gun
1460:Hedgehog
1274:armament
982:armament
732:(2011).
669:Unknown
652:Unknown
635:Unknown
618:Unknown
601:Unknown
584:Unknown
567:Unknown
550:Unknown
533:Unknown
516:Unknown
499:Unknown
482:Unknown
473:New York
439:Delaware
373:and the
370:New York
346:Delaware
290:Traverse
230:calibers
186:Variants
150:Designed
140:Designer
1198:Cruiser
980:gunboat
876:Cruiser
592:Chester
398:caliber
263:Caliber
742:
660:Albany
558:Tacoma
490:Denver
392:Design
378:-class
360:, and
348:-class
223:Barrel
214:Length
107:
1475:K-gun
1470:Y-gun
1088:Y-gun
679:Notes
626:Salem
425:Ship
243:Shell
1308:guns
1270:and
1011:guns
978:and
762:2016
740:ISBN
407:hoop
335:The
199:Mass
153:1900
116:Wars
93:1904
60:Type
169:No.
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1265:,
705:^
686:^
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