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The 14-inch/45-caliber guns were installed as the primary armament aboard all of the United States Navy's New York-class, Nevada-class, and Pennsylvania-class battleships. The gun also saw service in the British Royal Navy, where it was designated BL 14-inch gun Mk II.
A newer version of the 14"/50 caliber gun, Mark B, was designed in 1937. It was the original gun intended for use on the North Carolina-class battleships, in three quadruple turrets. The Mark B was the most powerful 14 inch weapon ever designed by the United States, being simpler and lighter than the older versions.
6"/40 caliber gun United States: 1900s - World War I 152.4 mm (6.00 in) 6"/50 caliber Mark 6 and 8 guns United States: 1900s - World War I - World War II 152.4 mm (6.00 in) 6"/53 caliber Mark 12, 14, 15 and 18 guns United States: 1920s - World War II 152.4 mm (6.00 in) 6"/47 caliber Mark 16 and 17 gun United States: World War II - 1970s
"Navy 14 Inch Railway Guns in France, 1918" original film of 14 inch railroad naval cannon in action in World War I. "Battleships on Wheels" Popular Science Monthly, January 1928, pp. 16–18, 123–125, author was the US Navy admiral in charge of World War I 14-inch naval railroad cannon program.
USS New York (BB-34) was a United States Navy battleship, the lead ship of her class. Named for New York State, she was designed as the first ship to carry the 14-inch (356 mm)/45-caliber gun. Entering service in 1914, she was part of the U.S. Navy force which was sent to reinforce the British Grand Fleet in the North Sea near the end of World ...
Pages in category "Naval guns of the United States" The following 62 pages are in this category, out of 62 total. ... 14-inch/45-caliber gun; 14-inch/50-caliber gun;
The Vickers 14-inch 45-calibre gun was designed and built by Vickers and initially installed on the battlecruiser Kongō which it was building for the Imperial Japanese Navy. Guns similar to this Vickers design were also later built in Japan to arm Kongō ' s sister ships and subsequent Japanese-constructed "super-dreadnoughts" which were all ...
The 14-inch M1920 railway gun was the last model railway gun to be deployed by the United States Army.It was an upgrade of the US Navy 14"/50 caliber railway gun.Only four were deployed; two in the Harbor Defenses of Los Angeles and two in the Panama Canal Zone, where they could be shifted between the harbor defenses of Cristobal (Atlantic) or Balboa (Pacific).