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|Ship out of service= ...he invention of [[Marine and mobile radio telephony|radio-telephony]] were of marked benefit not only to the Navy but to all seamen. He died 22 July 1932

|Ship out of service= ...] Corp., [[Orange, Texas]], sponsored by Mrs. Genevieve Kirkpatrick, widow of Captain Kirkpatrick, and commissioned 23 October 1943, Lt. Comdr. V. E. Bak

...lklands War]] <br>[[South African Border War]]<br>[[United States invasion of Panama]] <br>[[Gulf War]] <br>[[Somali Civil War]] <br>[[Operation Medak Po ...Gun''', or "Ma Deuce" is a [[heavy machine gun]] designed towards the end of [[World War I]] by [[John Browning]]. It is very similar in design to John

...a]] [[76/62mm Allargato]], which was bigger, heavier and had a slower rate of fire. A vehicle-mounted version known as the [[Otomatic]] was built for the The gun is capable of very high rates of fire, making it suitable for short-range anti-missile point defence. Its ca

...' was the standard British Empire naval anti-aircraft and dual-purpose gun of World War II. [[File:HMAS Swan guns (079323).jpg|thumb|left|300px|<center>Twin guns of [[HMAS Swan (U74)|HMAS ''Swan'']] bombarding shore positions in New Guinea,