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• USS Hurst (DE-250)
  ...edition = 15th | title = The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World: Their Ships, Aircraft, and Systems | chapter = Mexico | location = [[Annap ...Flying Cross (United States)|Distinguished Flying Crosses]] earlier in the war. The ship served in both the Atlantic and the Pacific and was decommissione
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• USS Joyce (DE-317)
  ...s|Edsall|destroyer escort}} built for the [[U.S. Navy]] during [[World War II]]. She served in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] the [[Pacific Ocean]] and provided == World War II North Atlantic operations==
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• USS Mosley (DE-321)
  ...s|Edsall|destroyer escort}} built for the [[U.S. Navy]] during [[World War II]]. She served in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] the [[Pacific Ocean]] and provided ...[Silver Star]] for his heroic actions during the early months of World War II. She was laid down by [[Consolidated Steel]] Corporation of [[Orange, Texas
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• USS Wilhoite (DE-397)
  ...destroyer escort}} built for the [[United States Navy]] during [[World War II]]. She served in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] and the [[Pacific Ocean]] and provi ==World War II North Atlantic operations==
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• USS Brough (DE-148)
  |Ship motto=''Frontier Guardian, In Peace, In War''<ref>Motto from Ships patch via Navsource.org</ref> ===At war===
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• USS Savage (DE-386)
  ...lass]] [[destroyer escort]] built for the [[U.S. Navy]] during [[World War II]]. ...tactics, maneuvering, and the hundreds of other tasks demanded of a man-o-war.
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• USS Haverfield (DE-393)
  ...lass]] [[destroyer escort]] built for the [[U.S. Navy]] during [[World War II]]. She served in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] and the [[Pacific Ocean]] and provi ==World War II North Atlantic operations==
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• Edsall class destroyer escort
  ...e cargo ships. In late WWII plans were made to replace the 3" guns with 5" guns. But only USS Camp (DE 251) was refitted after a collision. In Total all 85 ...9)]] received a [[Navy Unit Commendation]] for action three days after the war ended.
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• USS Wachapreague (AGP-8)
  |Ship honors=Four [[Service star|battle stars]] for her [[World War II]] service ...-aircraft warfare|anti-aircraft]] guns<br />8 x 20-millimeter antiaircraft guns<br />2 x [[depth charge]] tracks
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• BRP Francisco Dagohoy (PF-10)
  ...gh endurance cutter]]s received from the United States after the [[Vietnam War]], two of which were cannibalized for spare parts without entering service. ...the [[Central Pacific Area|Central Pacific]] during and after [[World War II]]. She was [[Ship decommissioning|decommissioned]] in June 1946 and placed
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• USS Porter (DD-59)
  ...& Heritage Command]] | url = http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/p10/porter-ii.htm | title = Porter | short = on | accessdate = 23 April 2009 }}</ref><br> ...an Naval Fighting Ships]]'' ([http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/p10/porter-ii.htm link]) reports, without explanation, four.</ref>
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• USS Bangor (PF-16)
  ...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 ...n Pedro, California]], to prepare for duty in the western Pacific, but the war ended while the frigate was in drydock at [[Seattle, Washington]].
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• Casco class seaplane tender
  ...r gun]] (replaced with 5"/54 caliber in 1972)<br/>6 × .50 caliber machine guns<br/>2 × {{convert|90|mm|in|abbr=on}} anti-submarine mortars ...built as small [[seaplane tender]]s by the [[US Navy]] during [[World War II]]. They were designed to operate out of small harbors and [[atoll]]s and ha
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• Barnegat class seaplane tender
  ...ircraft gun mount, 2 × twin 40 mm gun mounts, and 6 × 20 mm antiaircraft guns (also [[Mousetrap (weapon)|Mousetrap]] aboard ''Coos Bay'' only). ...pult|catapult]] training ship.<ref name="Conway p. 157">''Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922&ndash;1946'', p. 157</ref>
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• 20 ITK 40 VKT
  | type = Light anti-aircraft gun | wars = [[Continuation War]]<br>[[Lapland War]]
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• 8.8 cm FlaK 18/36/37/41
  [[Image:2001gun88mmwiki.jpg|thumb|88 mm display at Imperial War Museum Duxford, 2001]] ...s of the war. Developments of the original models led to a wide variety of guns.
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• AA Mine Discharger
  ...Discharger''' was a Japanese [[anti-aircraft]] weapon of the Second World War. The device was a simple tube like an [[infantry mortar]] of 70&nbsp;mm or [[Category:World War II anti-aircraft guns]]
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• 25 mm Hotchkiss anti-aircraft gun
  |wars= Second World War ...ocannon]] designed by the French firm of Hotchkiss. It served in World War II with French, Japanese and other nations' forces. Other than the designer co
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• Volkov-Yartsev VYa-23
  | wars = [[World War II]] ...mm|abbr=on}} [[autocannon]] used on [[Soviet]] aircraft during [[World War II]].
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• Vickers Model 1931
  |type=[[anti-aircraft gun]] |wars=[[World War II]]
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• Vickers S
  | era=Second World War | wars=Second World War
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• 1.1"/75 caliber gun
  ...cannon aboard the battleship [[USS Pennsylvania (BB 38)]] during World War II |type= Anti-aircraft Naval Gun
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• 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|'' |wars= [[World War II]]
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• 120 mm M1 gun
  |caption= A 120 mm M1 anti-aircraft gun at [[United States Army Ordnance Museum|US Army Ordnance Museum]]. |type= [[Anti-aircraft warfare|Anti-aircraft gun]]
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• 13.2 mm Hotchkiss machine gun
  |wars= [[Second World War]] ...manufactured by [[Hotchkiss et Cie]] from the late 1920s until [[World War II]] where it saw service with various nation's forces, including Japan where
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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)]]. |wars= World War II
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• 3.7 cm FlaK 43
  | type = [[Anti-aircraft warfare|Anti-aircraft cannon]] | wars = [[World War II]]
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• 3.7 cm SK C/30
  |type=[[Anti-aircraft warfare|Anti-aircraft cannon]] |wars=[[Second World War]]
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• 20 cm/50 3rd Year Type naval gun
  |wars=[[Second World War]] ...rrier]]s.<ref name="Campbell"/> The typical installation was ten 20 cm/50 guns; although [[Tone class cruiser|''Tone'']] class cruisers carried eight whil
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• 10.5 cm FlaK 38
  |caption=A Flak 38 105 mm anti-aircraft gun at a Military museum in Belgrade |type=[[Anti-aircraft gun]]
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• 12.8 cm FlaK 40
  |type=[[Anti-Aircraft]] |wars=[[World War II]]
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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. |wars=[[World War II]]<br>[[Korean War]]<br>[[Vietnam War]]<br>[[Gulf War]]
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• 25 mm automatic air defense gun M1940 (72-K)
  ...бразца 1940 года (72-К)'''}}) was a [[Soviet]] 25 mm caliber [[anti-aircraft gun]]. The gun was created in the beginning of [[1940]] at 8th Kalinin Arti *[http://www.thetankmaster.com/ENGLISH/AFV/25mm72K.asp Soviet 25mm Anti-Aircraft gun(Automatic gun) 72-K Model 1940 – Walk around photos]
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• 2 cm FlaK 30
  |type=[[Anti-aircraft warfare|Anti-aircraft cannon]] |wars=[[Second World War]]
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• 3"/23 caliber gun
  |type= Anti-aircraft Naval Gun |wars= World War I
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• 3"/50 caliber 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]] ==Earlier guns==
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• 3"/70 Mark 26 gun
  |type= Anti-Aircraft Naval Gun ...to protect United States Warships from [[kamikaze]] attacks in [[World War II]]. The name indicates in US Navy terminology that this piece of [[naval ar
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• 37 mm automatic air defense gun M1939 (61-K)
  |wars=[[Vietnam War]], [[Cambodian Civil War]] ...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
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• 37mm Gun M1
  |type=anti-aircraft autocannon ...ed in the [[United States]]. It was used by the [[US Army]] in [[World War II]].
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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 |wars= [[World War I]] [[World War II]]
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• 4.2 cm Pak 41
  ...ti-tank gun]] issued to German [[Luftwaffe|airborne units]] in [[World War II]]. This gun was externally similar to the [[PaK 36]], and used a modified v * Hogg, Ian V. ''German Artillery of World War Two''. 2nd corrected edition. Mechanicsville, PA: Stackpole Books, 1997 ISB
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• 4.5 inch Mark 8 naval gun
  |wars=[[Falklands war]] ...libre [[QF 4.5 inch Mk I - V naval gun]]s. Like all British 4.5 inch naval guns, it actually has a calibre of 4.45 inches (113 mm)<ref name=Janes1999>Jane'
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• 4.7 inch QF Mark XII
  ...uzzle velocity of 2650fps (808m/s).<ref>Campbell, ''Naval Weapons of World War Two'', p48.</ref> The 40 degree elevation was justified on the grounds that [[Category:Naval anti-aircraft guns]]
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• 40 cm/45 Type 94
  |wars= [[World War II]] ...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)
  ...n Naval Treaty]] [[cruisers]]. The gun was also mounted on pre-[[World War II]] [[battleship]]s and [[aircraft carrier]]s until replaced by the standard ...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
  |wars= World War II, Korea, Vietnam, First Gulf, Falklands, and wars that involved navies who b ...el length between the 5"/51 surface-to-surface and the 5"/25 anti-aircraft guns.
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• 5"/51 caliber gun
  |wars= World War I, World War II '''5"/51 caliber guns''' (spoken "five-inch-fifty-one-caliber") formed the main battery of the fi
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• 5"/54 caliber Mark 16 gun
  |wars= World War II and Cold War The '''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
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• 5"/54 caliber Mark 45 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. ...rge]] which increases its [[Shell (projectile)|per-shell]] effectiveness [[Anti-aircraft warfare|against aircraft]].
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