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• List of naval anti-aircraft guns
  ...raft gun]]s specially designed or adapted for mounting on ships, and naval guns adapted for high-angle fire. Today they have been largely superseded by [[s | [[QF 2 pounder naval gun|QF 2 pdr Mk II, Mk VIII]] Vickers 2-pounder ''pom-pom''
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• USS Hurst (DE-250)
  |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Mexico|naval}} ...ms | chapter = Mexico | location = [[Annapolis, Maryland]] | publisher = [[Naval Institute Press]] | year = 2007 | isbn = 9781591149552 | oclc = 140283156 |
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• USS Joyce (DE-317)
  ...dy, and {{USS|Peterson|DE-152|2}} shelled the submarine, silenced her deck guns and forced the hapless U-550 to surrender. ''Joyce'' ordered the Germans to ...outh Korea]] ''Joyce'' was recalled to active duty; taken to [[Mare Island Naval Shipyard]], [[Vallejo, California]], where she converted to a [[radar picke
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• USS Mosley (DE-321)
  ...ing smoke and opened up with [[antiaircraft]] fire during the strikes. Her guns splashed one [[Ju-88]] and damaged another German bomber during the first s ...he [[Atlantic Inactive Fleet]] at Orange, Texas. She was struck from the [[Naval Vessel Register|Navy List]] on 2 January 1971 and was sold for scrap on 22
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• USS Wilhoite (DE-397)
  ...at sector, sent up several barrages with her 3-inch, 40- and 20-millimeter guns. ...er target and attacked. The destroyer escort responded by bringing all her guns to bear and fired such a heavy and accurate barrage that the German pilot d
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• USS Brough (DE-148)
  ...Lieutenant Junior Grade]] [[David Atkins Brough]] (15 June 1914–1942), a Naval Aviator who was awarded the [[Air Medal]] [[Posthumous recognition|posthumo ...[[torpedo tube]]s, eight 20mm guns, a twin 40 mm and three 3"/5O cal. guns. But as the pattern of warfare shifted from surface to air actions, repeate
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• USS Savage (DE-386)
  ...ed to the Brooklyn Navy Yard (where she was fitted with more anti-aircraft guns). She then sailed, on 30 May, 1945 for an intensive period of operational ...sea infiltration by North Vietnamese and assisted land forces by providing naval gunfire support. She had no periods out of Vietnam service until October w
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• USS Haverfield (DE-393)
  ...s, including [[Mortar (weapon)|mortars]], [[recoilless rifles]], [[machine guns]], and [[Anti-tank warfare|antitank weapons]]. This represented the largest ''Haverfield'' was decommissioned on 2 June 1969 at [[Pearl Harbor]] Naval Base. On 2 June 1969 she was struck from the [[Navy list]] and on sold for
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• USS Wachapreague (AGP-8)
  ...-aircraft warfare|anti-aircraft]] guns<br />8 x 20-millimeter antiaircraft guns<br />2 x [[depth charge]] tracks ...ttacked the ship, only to be driven off by a heavy [[anti-aircraft warfare|anti-aircraft]] barrage. Later that day, ''Wachapreague'' shifted to [[Hinunagan Bay]] fo
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• BRP Francisco Dagohoy (PF-10)
  ...17)]], before becoming ''Francisco Dagohoy''. The ''Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships'' entries for ''Castle Rock'' (see http://www.history.navy.m ...fare. She also carried two twin Mark 1 [[Bofors]] 40&nbsp;mm anti-aircraft guns, four Markk 4 single 20&nbsp;mm [[Oerlikon 20 mm cannon|Oerlikon]] cannons,
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• USCGC Staten Island (WAGB-278)
  |Ship flag= {{shipboxflag|Soviet Union|naval}} ...40 mm|40 mm/60 AA guns]]<br/>• 6 × [[Oerlikon 20 mm cannon|20 mm/80 AA guns]]<br/>• 2 × [[depth charge]] racks, [[Y-gun]] projectors<br/>• 1 × [[
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• USS Wainwright (DD-62)
  ...FS /> <br/>• [[Jonathan Wainwright, Jr.]] <br/>• [[Richard Wainwright (naval officer, Civil War)|Richard Wainwright]] ...rporation|New York Shipbuilding]]<ref name=DANFS>{{cite DANFS | author = [[Naval History & Heritage Command]] | url = http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/w1/w
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• USS Porter (DD-59)
  ...uilder=[[William Cramp and Sons]]<ref name=DANFS>{{cite DANFS | author = [[Naval History & Heritage Command]] | url = http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/p10/ ...way's'' (p. 123) lists eight torpedo tubes; the ''[[Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]]'' ([http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/p10/porter-ii.htm li
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• USS Bangor (PF-16)
  |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Mexico|naval}} ...caliber gun]]s (3×1)<br />• 4 × 40 mm guns (2×2)<br />• 9 × 20 mm guns (9×1)<br />• 1 × [[Hedgehog (weapon)|Hedgehog]] [[anti-submarine mortar
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• Barnegat class seaplane tender
  ...the company's name, which also is referred to in ''Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships'' entries as "Associated Shipbuilding Company" (see http://w ...ircraft gun mount, 2 × twin 40 mm gun mounts, and 6 × 20 mm antiaircraft guns (also [[Mousetrap (weapon)|Mousetrap]] aboard ''Coos Bay'' only).
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• 8.8 cm FlaK 18/36/37/41
  ...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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• 1-inch Nordenfelt gun
  |type= [[Naval gun]] |manufacturer=Nordenfelt Guns and Ammunition Company
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• AK-630
  | image = [[Image:AK-630 30 mm naval CIWS gun.JPEG|300px|]] The '''AK-630''' is a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] fully automatic naval six-barreled 30 mm [[Gatling gun]]. It is mounted in an enclosed automatic
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• AK-230
  ...anuary 2009}}, mounted on big warships as well as small crafts. About 1450 guns were produced in the USSR and about 300 were produced in China as the Type ...and a total length of 2670 mm. The barrels are rifled with 12 grooves. The guns each have a rate of fire of 1,000 round per minute, they are fed by indepen
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• 25 mm Hotchkiss anti-aircraft gun
  The '''Hotchkiss 25 mm anti-aircraft gun''' was a [[anti-aircraft]] [[autocannon]] designed by the French firm of Hotchkiss. It served in Wor ...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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• Vickers S
  ...Kimber |location=London |date=1972 |isbn=7183-0362-8 |chapter=10, The 40mm Guns Two underwing guns were fitted to [[Hawker Hurricane|Hawker Hurricane IID]] [[Fighter aircraft
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• 1.1"/75 caliber gun
  |caption= Quadruple-mount 1.1-inch (28 mm) anti-aircraft cannon aboard the battleship [[USS Pennsylvania (BB 38)]] during World War |type= Anti-aircraft Naval Gun
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• 12.7 cm/50 Type 3 naval gun
  |name= 12.7 cm/50 Type 3 naval gun |caption=''12.7 cm/50 Type 3'' guns seen in a twin gun ''Model B'' turret on the [[Japanese destroyer Sagiri|''
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• 13.2 mm Hotchkiss machine gun
  ...ng shells were available. But the 13.2 mm Hotchkiss saw extensive use as a naval gun, and was also chosen by the French cavalry for some of its armoured veh ===As a ground-based anti-aircraft weapon===
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• 16"/45 caliber Mark 6 gun
  |caption= Battleship armament: 16"/45 caliber guns aboard the battleship [[USS South Dakota (BB-57)]]. |type= Naval Gun
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• 3.7 cm SK C/30
  |type=[[Anti-aircraft warfare|Anti-aircraft cannon]] ...was the German [[Kriegsmarine]]'s primary {{convert|3.7|cm|in|abbr=on}} [[anti-aircraft gun]] during the [[Second World War]]. It was superseded by the fully-autom
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• 20 cm/50 3rd Year Type naval gun
  |name= 20 cm/50 3rd Year Type naval gun |type= [[Naval gun]]
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• 16"/50 caliber Mark 7 gun
  ...hip}} {{USS|Iowa|BB-61|6}} fires a full [[broadside]] of her 16"/50 Mark 7 guns. |type=Naval gun
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• 20 mm modèle F2 gun
  The '''20 mm modèle F2 gun''' is a naval defence weapon used by the [[French Navy]]. [[Category:Cold War anti-aircraft guns]]
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• 2 cm FlaK 30
  |type=[[Anti-aircraft warfare|Anti-aircraft cannon]] ...orces throughout the [[Second World War]]. It was the primary German light anti-aircraft gun and was produced in a variety of models, notably the '''Flakvierling 38
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• 3"/23 caliber gun
  |type= Anti-aircraft Naval Gun ...tes]] [[destroyers]] through [[World War I]] and the 1920s. United States naval gun terminology indicates the gun fired a projectile 3 inches (76&nbsp;mm)
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• 3"/50 caliber gun
  |type= Dual-Purpose Naval Gun ...liber]]s long (barrel length is 3" x 50 = 150" or 3.81 meters). Different guns (identified by Mark numbers) of this caliber were used by the [[U.S. Navy]]
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• 3"/70 Mark 26 gun
  |type= Anti-Aircraft Naval Gun ...War II]]. The name indicates in US Navy terminology that this piece of [[naval artillery]] fires a 3" projectile (7.62 cm) in diameter and has a caliber l
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• 30 mm Breda-Mauser
  |type=Auto-cannon [[naval gun]] The '''30 mm/82 Compact''' is a naval [[autocannon]] built by [[Alenia Marconi Systems]] and [[Oto Melara|Oto]]-[
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• 30mm DS30M Mark 2 Automated Small Calibre Gun
  ...th short-range missiles, rockets, rocket-propelled grenades, heavy machine guns or explosives. ...perator console somewhere else on the ship. The "mount is a single cannon naval mount that is gyro stabilized, electrically operated and self contained gun
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• 37 mm automatic air defense gun M1939 (61-K)
  ...fulness against lightly armored ground targets. Crews of the 37&nbsp;mm AD guns shot down 14,657 Axis planes<ref name="ReferenceA">Shunkov V. N. - ''The We The Soviet Navy purchased a number of [[Bofors]] 25&nbsp;mm Model 1933 guns in 1935, trials of the weapon were successful and it was decided to develop
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• 4"/50 caliber gun
  |name= 4"/50 caliber naval gun |type= [[Naval gun]]
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• 4.5 inch Mark 8 naval gun
  |name=4.5 inch Mark 8 naval gun |image=[[Image:Northumberland Naval Gun.jpg|300px]]
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• 4.7 inch QF Mark XII
  ...fired at the new gun muzzle velocity of 2650fps (808m/s).<ref>Campbell, ''Naval Weapons of World War Two'', p48.</ref> The 40 degree elevation was justifie [[Category:Naval anti-aircraft guns]]
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• 40 cm/45 Type 94
  |type= Naval gun ...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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• 45 mm anti-aircraft gun (21-K)
  |name=45&nbsp;mm anti-aircraft gun (21-K) |type=[[Anti-aircraft warfare|Anti-aircraft cannon]]
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• 5"/25 caliber gun (United States)
  ...5"/38 caliber gun]].<ref name=C137>Campbell 1985 p.137</ref> United States naval gun terminology indicates the gun fired a projectile 5&nbsp;inches (127&nbs ...an anti-aircraft gun. The [[5"/38 caliber gun]] replaced the 5"/25 as the anti-aircraft weapon of choice by the mid 1930s due to its better range, velocity against
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• 5"/38 caliber gun
  The '''Mark 12 5"/38 caliber gun''' is a [[United States|US]] naval gun. ...el length between the 5"/51 surface-to-surface and the 5"/25 anti-aircraft guns.
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• 5"/51 caliber gun
  ...tes Navy [[battleship]]s built from 1907 through the 1920s. United States naval gun terminology indicates the gun fired a projectile 5&nbsp;inches (127&nbs ...later battleships and most of the older battleships were rearmed. Surplus guns from scrapped or re-armed battleships were mounted in [[United States Coast
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• 5"/54 caliber Mark 16 gun
  ...'''5"/54 caliber Mark 16 gun''' (127mm) was a late [[World War II]]-era [[naval artillery]] gun mount used by the [[United States Navy]] and [[Japan Mariti [[Category:Naval guns of the United States]]
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• 5"/54 caliber Mark 42 gun
  ...ries. It consisted of the Mark 18 gun and Mark 42 gun mount. United States naval gun terminology indicates the gun fires a projectile 5&nbsp;inches (127&nbs ...Mk 42 mount in 1971 for easier maintenance and improved reliability in new naval construction for the [[United States]].<ref>Cooney(1980)p.40</ref>
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• 5"/54 caliber Mark 45 gun
  |type= [[Naval gun]] ...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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• 57 Mk3
  ...'57 Mk3''' is a 57mm all-target gun that can be used against many types of naval threats. It is fully automatic to reduce manning as well as time-consuming [[Category:Naval anti-aircraft guns|57 mm]]
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• 7.5 cm L/45 M/16 anti aircraft gun
  ...d weapon was needed. At first attempts were made to buy British and French guns, but both nations needed the weapons themselves because of the ongoing war. A total of 12 production guns were made. Further production was curtailed because of the perceived low ri
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• 76/62mm Allargato
  |type=[[Naval artillery|Naval gun]] ...m ''Allargato'' is a single barrel, medium caliber, dual purpose automatic naval cannon designed and produced in the 1960s by the [[Italy|Italian]] [[Defens
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• AK-176
  | type = [[Naval gun]] The '''AK-176''' is a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] naval gun mounted in an enclosed turret, that may be used against sea, coastal, a
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