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• USS Wainwright (DD-62)
  |Ship launched=12 June 1915<ref name=DANFS /> ...several unsuccessful attacks on U-boats, and rescued survivors of several ships sunk by the German craft.
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• USS Porter (DD-59)
  |Ship launched=26 August 1915<ref name=DANFS /> ...) lists eight torpedo tubes; the ''[[Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]]'' ([http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/p10/porter-ii.htm link]) reports, w
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• USS Downes (DD-45)
  |Ship commissioned=11 February 1915 ...at [[Philadelphia Navy Yard]]. ''Downes'' was commissioned on 11 February 1915, [[Lieutenant Commander#United States|Lieutenant Commander]] [[A. W. Johnso
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• 12"/50 caliber gun (Argentina)
  ...ttleship [[ARA Moreno]] during its construction, sometime between 1910 and 1915. |service=1915&ndash;1956<ref name=navweaps/><ref>1956 is the year the Argentinian battles
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• 3"/50 caliber gun
  ...this caliber were used by the [[U.S. Navy]] and [[U.S. Coast Guard]] from 1915<ref name="dg"/> through the 1990s on a variety of combatant and transport s ...ound only on a few Coast Guard cutters and [[Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships]].<ref>Campbell 1985 p.146</ref>
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• 320 mm Model 1934 naval gun
  ...io Cesare'']] originally mounted 13 guns as built in 1915 and 1914. These ships were rebuilt between 1933 and 1937 by removing the Q triple turret amidship ...io Duilio'']] originally mounted 13 guns as built in 1916 and 1915. These ships were similarly rebuilt between 1937 and 1940 by removing Q turret and repla
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• 7.5 cm L/45 M/16 anti aircraft gun
  ...d to a letter from the [[Norwegian Ministry of Defence]] dated 17 December 1915. After initial design work had been carried out, it was decided to manufact ...t in the battle that took part in the harbour between Norwegian and German ships (see the article on [[HNoMS Olav Tryggvason|HNoMS ''Olav Tryggvason'']] for
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• BL 12 inch Mk XI – XII naval gun
  ...d using 307 lb cordite MD size 45 propellant : [[Treatise on Ammunition]], 1915</ref> ...[Shrapnel shell|Shrapnel]]<ref>850 lb shells : [[Treatise on Ammunition]], 1915</ref>
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• BL 12 inch Mk X naval gun
  ...]; with 260 lb cordite MD size 45 propellant : [[Treatise on Ammunition]], 1915</ref> ...[Shrapnel shell|Shrapnel]]<ref>850 lb shells : [[Treatise on Ammunition]], 1915</ref>
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• BL 15 inch Mk I naval gun
  ...612.jpg|thumb|left|<center>On monitor [[HMS Terror (I03)|HMS ''Terror'']], 1915</center>]] These guns were used on several classes of battleships from 1915 until [[HMS Vanguard (1946)|HMS ''Vanguard'']], the last battleship to be b
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• BL 4 inch naval gun Mk VII
  ...It was also used as a defensive weapon on [[Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships]] (DEMS) during the [[Second World War]].<ref name=Warship53/> ...43 LAC 3394508.jpg|thumb|left|<center>On a [[Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships|"DEMS" (defensively equipped merchant ship)]], 1943</center>]]
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• BL 4 inch naval gun Mk VIII
  ...ty naval gun introduced in 1908 as an anti-[[torpedo boat]] gun in smaller ships whose decks could not support the strain of the heavier and more powerful [ In [[World War II]] many guns were used to arm merchant ships.
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• BL 5.5 inch Mark I naval gun
  |caption= One of [[HMS Chester (1915)|HMS ''Chester'''s]] 5.5 inch guns at the [[Imperial War Museum]], London ...d in his [[Victoria Cross]] action on the [[forecastle]] of [[HMS Chester (1915)|HMS ''Chester'']]]]
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• BL 6 inch Mk VII naval gun
  |service=1901 - 1972 (Fort Scratchley) <br>1915 - 1918 (field use) ...gun]] dating from 1899, which was mounted on a heavy traveling carriage in 1915 for [[British Army]] service to become one of the main heavy field guns in
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• BL 6 inch Mk XII naval gun
  ...[Shrapnel shell|Shrapnel]]<ref>100 lb shells : [[Treatise on Ammunition]], 1915</ref> Guns were mounted in the following ships :
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• BL 6 inch Mk XI naval gun
  ...h 32 lb 1½ oz cordite MD size 26 propellant : [[Treatise on Ammunition]], 1915</ref> ...[Shrapnel shell|Shrapnel]]<ref>100 lb shells : [[Treatise on Ammunition]], 1915</ref>
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• BL 6 inch gun Mk II – VI
  ...1913|ft/s|m/s|abbr=on}}. Text Book of Gunnery 1902; Treatise on Ammunition 1915.</ref><br>BLC guns : {{convert|2166|ft/s|m/s|sigfig=3}}<ref>BLC guns used a *[[Conqueror class battleship|''Conqueror'' class ironclad turret ships]] completed 1886 - 1888 : Mk II
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• BL 7.5 inch Mk II – V naval gun
  ...or His Majesty's Fleet, 1910 February, 1911]) & [[Treatise on Ammunition]] 1915.</ref> ...condary armament as a heavier alternative to 6-inch guns, on the following ships :
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• BL 9.2 inch Mk XI naval gun
  ...=1908 - 1920<ref>1908 - 1920 : Dates of commissioning and scrapping of the ships. The guns were not used again after removal.</ref> ...1911"]; with 130 ½ lb cordite MD propellant : [[Treatise on Ammunition]], 1915</ref>
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• BL 9.2 inch gun Mk IX – X
  * [[M15 class monitor]]s M15, M16, M17, M18 from 1915 These guns were 'counter-bombardment' guns designed to defeat ships up to heavy cruisers armed with 8-inch guns. They were deployed in the fix
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