5 inch Navy gun
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5 inch Navy gun
More photos from the battleship Alabama.
- Attachments
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- Where the ammo came out for loading.
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- From the powder magazine below decks.
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- Shells, powder and cases were sent up through the deck from the powder magazine below.
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- Radar helped to work up fire direction data.
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- Extra powder chargers dumped here..... I think.
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- Fired cases were dumped through here to the deck outside.
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- Shells were loaded after coming up from the powder hoist.
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DuncaninFrance
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These were taken on the Cruiser 'COLBERT' when she was berthed in Bordeaux. She has now been towed away to be broken up because the mayor didn't think she 'fitted in' with the city and it's image as a World Heritage Site
Duncan
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What contemptible scoundrel has stolen the cork to my lunch? -- W.C. Fields
"Many of those who enjoy freedom know little of its price."
You can't fix Stupid, but you can occasionally head it off before it hurts something.
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