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• USS Wilhoite (DE-397)
  |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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• USS Savage (DE-386)
  |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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• USS Haverfield (DE-393)
  |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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• 8.8 cm FlaK 18/36/37/41
  ...pons of the war. Developments of the original models led to a wide variety of guns. ...the guns were universally known as the ''Acht-acht'' (8-8), a contraction of ''Acht-komma-acht Zentimeter'' (German: "8,8 cm" - comma being used as the
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• 15.5 cm/60 3rd Year Type
  |origin=Japan [[Category:World War II naval weapons]]
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• 12.7 cm/50 Type 3 naval gun
  |origin= {{flag|Empire of Japan}} ...n}}<br />[[Image:Naval Jack of the Republic of China.svg|24px]] [[Republic of China Navy]]
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• 13.2 mm Hotchkiss machine gun
  |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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• 16"/45 caliber Mark 6 gun
  |part_length= {{convert|720|in|m}} bore (45 [[Caliber#Caliber as measurement of length|calibres]]) ...brand-new gun, the heavy shell would be expelled at a [[muzzle velocity]] of 2,300&nbsp;feet per second (701&nbsp;m/s); at a reduced charge, the same sh
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• 20 cm/50 3rd Year Type naval gun
  |caption=''Tone'' class cruisers mounted all 4 turrets forward of the bridge. |origin= [[Japan]]
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• 15 cm/50 41st Year Type
  |origin=Japan ...al Japanese Navy. It was first used in single casemates on the battleships of the [[Kongo class battleship|Kongo]] and [[Fuso class battleship|Fuso]] cla
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• 40 cm/45 Type 94
  |origin=Japan The [[Japan]]ese '''40&nbsp;cm/45 Type 94''' naval guns were the largest calibre guns e
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• 5"/25 caliber gun (United States)
  ...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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• 5"/54 caliber Mark 16 gun
  |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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• 5"/54 caliber Mark 42 gun
  ...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] ...the increasing speed of naval aircraft made manual aiming of antiaircraft weapons impractical. The [[5"/54 caliber Mark 45 gun|Mark 45 lightweight]] (22.1 lo
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• 5"/54 caliber Mark 45 gun
  |traverse=170 degrees either side of centerline<br />rate: 30 degree/s ...ghtweight gun''' is a modern U.S. [[naval artillery]] gun mount consisting of a 5-inch (127 mm) L54 Mark 19 gun on the Mark 45 mount. It is designed to b
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• 61 cm Type 90 torpedo
  | origin = {{flag|Empire of Japan}} | used_by = {{navy|Empire of Japan}}
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• Bofors 40 mm
  ...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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• Carl Gustav recoilless rifle
  ...ns">[http://www13.plala.or.jp/aconit/e-nerima_soubi.html "Exhibision (sic) of Equipments".] Retrieved on July 29, 2008.</ref> ...gunner and loader), but may be used by a single operator at a reduced rate of fire.
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• EOC 12 inch/45 naval gun
  ...th=Bore {{convert|540|in|m|sigfig=5}} (45 [[Caliber#Caliber as measurement of length|cal]]) Elswick supplied its 12-inch 45-[[Caliber#Caliber as measurement of length|calibre]] guns for the [[Minas Gerais class battleship]]s completed
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• EOC 14 inch /45 naval gun
  ...ck were building the battleship Almirante Latorre for Chile, armed with 10 of its 14-inch guns. The battleship was acquired by the British government and Elswick built several guns for Japan which went into British service as railway guns in [[World War I]] under th
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