The Sixteen Inch
Turrets
.....everything you wanted to know
It is a great reference about; powder,
ammunition, gun
placement, as well as an exhaustive guide with pictures on the steps it takes to
load the 16 inch guns.
- General
Information
Here's where you'll find cut away
drawings of the turrets, gun barrels, and other interesting
information about the big guns.
- Loading
Process (the
30 second clock)
Listed in here are steps and
pictures on the process of loading a sixteen inch naval gun.
All of the information in these pages is from
the two sources below: (If you get a chance - go to the library
and get these books, they are VERY enlightening!)
Muir, Malcolm, THE IOWA CLASS
BATTLESHIPS, 1987, Sterling Publishing, New York.
ISBN 0-7137-17327
Sumrall, Robert, F., IOWA CLASS
BATTLESHIPS, 1988, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis.
ISBN 0-87021-298-2
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