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• USS Wilhoite (DE-397)
  |Ship out of service= ...s Navy]] during [[World War II]]. She served in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] and the [[Pacific Ocean]] and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submar
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• USS Haverfield (DE-393)
  |Ship out of service= .... Navy]] during [[World War II]]. She served in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] and the [[Pacific Ocean]] and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submar
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• Vickers S
  | era=Second World War | wars=Second World War
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• 14"/45 caliber gun
  ...re taken on top of one of the dual 14"/45 [[caliber#Caliber as measurement of length|caliber]] gun turrets, 1918. |origin= {{flag|United States}}
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• 3"/70 Mark 26 gun
  |origin= {{flag|United States}} |part_length= {{convert|210|in|m}} bore (70 [[Caliber#Caliber as measurement of length|calibres]])
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• 4"/50 caliber gun
  ...irst American shots fired in World War II|first American shot of World War II]] at [[Attack on Pearl Harbor|Pearl Harbor]] on 7 December 1941 |used_by=<small>{{flagicon|United States|size=22px}} United States<br>{{UK}}<br>{{flagicon|Canada|size=22px}} Canada
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• 4.5 inch Mark 8 naval gun
  <!-- Many sources quote 114mm as the calibre but it is in fact 113, please do not change -->{{Infobox Weapon ...8 Mod 1 naval gun on [[HMS Northumberland (F238)|HMS ''Northumberland'']]. The multi-faceted gunhouse is designed to reduce [[radar cross section]].
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• 4.7 inch QF Mark XII
  ...Royal Navy, 1930-2000: innovation and defence'', p19-41:, Pugh, ''Managing the aerial threat''. </ref> [http://www.hnsa.org/doc/br224/img/dia1.jpg Illustration of a 4.7 inch single mount]
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• 90 mm Gun M1/M2/M3
  |origin= {{Flag|United States}} |era=WW II
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• BL 12 inch naval gun Mk I – VII
  |origin= [[United Kingdom]] ...rrel & breech<br> Mk II - V 45 tons<ref name=Gunnery1887TableXVI>Text Book of Gunnery, 1887. Table XVI, Pages 312 - 313</ref><br>Mk VI, VII : 46 tons
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• BL 14 inch Mk VII naval gun
  ...gned for the ships of the [[Royal Navy]] in the late 1930s. This gun armed the [[King George V class battleship (1939)|''King George V'' class battleships ...ip|''Nelson'' class battleships]], the British reverted to the combination of lower velocities and (relatively) heavier shells in this weapon.
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• BL 15 inch Mk I naval gun
  |caption=An animation representing the loading cycle of the Mark I turret for the BL 15 inch Mark I. ...1940s. Five guns were mounted in Singapore in the 1930s. The firing life of a 15 inch gun was approximately 335 full charge firings, after which it had
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• BL 16 inch Mk I naval gun
  |caption=Guns of HMS Rodney at maximum elevation, 1940 ...and used on the [[Nelson class battleship|''Nelson'' class battleships]]. The barrel was 45 [[Caliber (artillery)|calibre]]s long, /45 in shorthand, mea
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• BL 5.5 inch Mark I naval gun
  ...f [[HMS Chester (1915)|HMS ''Chester'''s]] 5.5 inch guns at the [[Imperial War Museum]], London |length= {{convert|6.985|m|in}} bore (50 [[Caliber#Caliber as measurement of length|cal]])
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• BL 6 inch Mk VII naval gun
  |caption=On Mk II carriage, Reninghelst, [[Flanders]], 15 June 1916 ...icon|United Kingdom}} [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|United Kingdom]]
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• BL 6 inch Mk XXIII naval gun
  |origin= [[United Kingdom]] ...}<br>{{navy|Canada}}<br>{{navy|India}}<br>{{navy|Peru}}<br>{{navy|Republic of China}}<br>{{navy|China}}
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• BL 6 inch gun Mk II – VI
  |name= Ordnance BL 6 inch gun Mks II, III, IV, VI ...IV gun on [[disappearing gun|disappearing carriage]] at [[Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defence|Lei Yue Mun Fort]], Hong Kong
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• BL 7.5 inch Mk II – V naval gun
  |name= Ordnance BL 7.5 inch gun Mk II - Mk V ...n=Turrets for [[HMS Shannon (1906)|HMS ''Shannon'']] under construction at the Vickers Works, Barrow
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• BL 7.5 inch Mk VI naval gun
  |caption=''Hawkins'' class cruisers were the only ships mounting BL 7.5 inch Mk VI guns. ...icon|United Kingdom}} [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|United Kingdom]]
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• BL 8 inch Mk VIII naval gun
  |origin= [[United Kingdom]] |used_by={{navy|United Kingdom}}<br>{{navy|Australia}}
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