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  • |Ship out of service= ..., Texas]]; launched 26 May 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Harold T. Joyce, mother of Ensign Joyce; and commissioned 30 September 1943, Lt. Comdr. R. Wilcox, [[U
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  • |Ship out of service= ...nched on 5 October 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Corinne M. Wilhoite, the mother of ''Ensign Wilhoite''; and commissioned at Houston on 16 December 1943, Lt. E
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  • |Ship out of service= ...ssioned on October 29, 1943 manned by a Coast Guard crew under the command of Lieutenant Commander Oscar C. Rohnke, USCG. On 18 November, 1943, she was
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  • |Ship out of service= ...ding]] Co., [[Houston, Texas]]; sponsored by Mrs. Tracy Haverfield, mother of Ensign Haverfield; and commissioned 29 November, Lt. Comdr. Jerry A. Matthe
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  • ...ipated in [[Operation Dragoon]] and two were attacked by [[German missiles of WW2|guided missile]]s used by the Germans. A total of 85 ''Edsall'' class destroyer escorts were built.
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  • ...p namesake=The [[Wachapreague Channel]], an [[inlet]] on the eastern shore of [[Virginia]] |Ship out of service=
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  • |Ship caption=USS ''Barnegat'' (AVP-10), lead ship of the ''Barnegat''-class small seaplane tenders, in [[Puget Sound]] on 14 Oct ...s version of the company's name, which also is referred to in ''Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships'' entries as "Associated Shipbuilding Company
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  • ...s of the war. Developments of the original models led to a wide variety of guns. ...eing used as the decimal separator in German). <!-- The Allied slang for anti-aircraft fire, ''ack-ack'', does not come from the German, but is a World War I term
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  • ...um altitude of approximately 600 m. The shell ejected the mines at the top of its arc. They would then float down on their parachutes. They were fused to * http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/Japan/IJA/HB/HB-9-2.html
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  • ...gun''' was a [[anti-aircraft]] [[autocannon]] designed by the French firm of Hotchkiss. It served in World War II with French, Japanese and other nation ...o hundred [[Oerlikon 20 mm cannon|Oerlikons]], the lack of modern light AA guns greatly hampered the French army in the campaign.
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  • |caption=''12.7 cm/50 Type 3'' guns seen in a twin gun ''Model B'' turret on the [[Japanese destroyer Sagiri|'' |origin= {{flag|Empire of Japan}}
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  • |used_by={{flag|France}}, <br>{{flag|Japan}} and others ...orld War II]] where it saw service with various nation's forces, including Japan where the gun was built under license.
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  • |caption= Battleship armament: 16"/45 caliber guns aboard the battleship [[USS South Dakota (BB-57)]]. |part_length= {{convert|720|in|m}} bore (45 [[Caliber#Caliber as measurement of length|calibres]])
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  • |caption=''Tone'' class cruisers mounted all 4 turrets forward of the bridge. |origin= [[Japan]]
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  • |origin=Japan ...ever mounted on any warship. They were actually 46&nbsp;cm (18.1&nbsp;in) guns, but were designated 40&nbsp;cm in an effort to hide their true size.
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  • ...5 inch 25 caliber gun USS Bowfin.jpg|thumb|right|300px|<center>On the deck of [[Balao class submarine]] [[USS Bowfin (SS-287)]]</center>]] ...er (artillery)|caliber]]s long (that is, for a 5" bore and a barrel length of 25 calibers, 5" x 25 = 125", or about 3.2 meters).<ref name=F156>Fairfield
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  • |used_by= US Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. ...era [[naval artillery]] gun mount used by the [[United States Navy]] and [[Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force]]. While designed for the never completed {{sc
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  • ...te of fire than the [[5"/38 caliber gun]] used in WWII was needed. Because of this reason, the gun was created concurrently with the [[3"/70 Mark 26 gun] ...ed later on when the increasing speed of naval aircraft made manual aiming of antiaircraft weapons impractical. The [[5"/54 caliber Mark 45 gun|Mark 45 l
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  • |traverse=170 degrees either side of centerline<br />rate: 30 degree/s ...rk 45 mount. It is designed to be used against surface [[warship]]s, for [[anti-aircraft]] use and shore bombardment to support amphibious operations.
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  • ...gned ''Stiffkey Sight'', being operated by the aimer standing to the right of the loader (turned sideways). It operates the trapeze seen above the sights ...raft systems during [[World War II]], used by most of the western [[Allies of World War II|Allies]] as well as various other forces. It is often referred
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