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  2. USS Missouri (BB-63) - Wikipedia

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    USS Missouri (BB-63) is an Iowa ... The main-gun turrets has Class B plates 19.5 in (495 mm) thick on their faces and 9.5 in (241 mm) of Class A plates on their sides ...

  3. Armament of the Iowa-class battleship - Wikipedia

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    USS Iowa fires a full broadside of nine 16 inch (406 mm)/50-caliber and six 5-inch (127 mm)/38-caliber guns during a target exercise. There are concussion effects on the water surface, and the 16-inch (406 mm) gun barrels are in varying degrees of recoil.

  4. 16-inch/50-caliber Mark 7 gun - Wikipedia

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    The 16-inch/50 caliber Mark 7 guns of the forward turret of the battleship USS Wisconsin (BB-64) fire at enemy targets ashore on the Korean Peninsula on 30 January 1952 during the Korean War. Employees working with the automatic 16-inch powder stacking machine at Naval Ammunition Depot Hingham , Mass. during World War II.

  5. Iowa-class battleship - Wikipedia

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    In 1991, Missouri participated in Operation Desert Storm, firing 28 Tomahawk Missiles and 759 16-inch shells at Iraqi targets along the coast. [154] Decommissioned for the last time in 1992, Missouri was donated to the USS Missouri Memorial Association of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, for use as a museum ship in 1999. [155]

  6. USS Iowa turret explosion - Wikipedia

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    Position of USS Iowa's Turret Two. On 19 April 1989, an explosion occurred within the Number Two 16-inch gun turret of the United States Navy battleship USS Iowa (BB-61) during a fleet exercise in the Caribbean Sea near Puerto Rico. [1] The explosion in the center gun room killed 47 of the turret's crewmen and severely damaged the gun turret ...

  7. File:USS Missouri at Hungman.jpg - Wikipedia

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    English: The USS Missouri fires 16-inch shell into enemy lines at Hungnam with a 3-gun salvo. December 26, 1950. (Navy) NARA FILE #: 080-G-426954 WAR & CONFLICT BOOK #: 1445 Cleared for public release.

  8. USS Missouri (BB-11) - Wikipedia

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    USS Missouri (BB-11), a Maine-class battleship, was the second ship of her class and of the United States Navy to be named in honor of the 24th state. Missouri was laid down in February 1900 at the Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Company , was launched in December 1901, and was commissioned into the fleet in December 1903.

  9. 1950 USS Missouri grounding - Wikipedia

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    The USS Missouri grounding occurred 17 January 1950 when the battleship USS Missouri (BB-63) ran aground while sailing out of Chesapeake Bay. No one was injured, but the battleship remained stuck for over two weeks before being freed from the sand. The ship was so damaged that she had to return to port and enter dry dock for repairs.