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  2. Boeing XB-15 - Wikipedia

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    15 October 1937. Developed into. Boeing Y1B-20. The Boeing XB-15 (Boeing 294) was a United States bomber aircraft designed in 1934 as a test for the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) to see if it would be possible to build a heavy bomber with a 5,000 mi (8,000 km) range. For a year beginning in mid-1935 it was designated the XBLR-1.

  3. 5-inch/54-caliber Mark 45 gun - Wikipedia

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    The 5-inch (127 mm)/54-caliber (Mk 45) lightweight gun is a U.S. naval artillery gun mount consisting of a 5 in (127 mm) L54 Mark 19 gun on the Mark 45 mount. [1] It was designed and built by United Defense, a company later acquired by BAE Systems Land & Armaments, which continued manufacture. The latest 62-calibre-long version consists of a ...

  4. Mark 54 lightweight torpedo - Wikipedia

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    system. Active or passive/active acoustic homing. Launch. platform. Mark 32 Surface Vessel Torpedo Tubes, ASW Aircraft, RUM-139 VL-ASROC. The Mark 54 lightweight torpedo (formerly known as lightweight hybrid torpedo, or LHT) is a standard 12.75-inch (324 mm) anti-submarine warfare (ASW) torpedo used by the United States Navy.

  5. 5-inch/54-caliber Mark 42 gun - Wikipedia

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    The Mark 42 5"/54 caliber gun (127mm) is a naval gun (naval artillery) mount used by the United States Navy and other countries. It consisted of the Mark 18 gun and Mark 42 gun mount. United States naval gun terminology indicates the gun fires a projectile 5 inches (127.0 mm) in diameter, and the barrel is 54 calibers long (barrel length is 5 ...

  6. American 21-inch torpedo - Wikipedia

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    These have been used on ships and submarines of the U.S. Navy. American 21-inch torpedoes are 533 millimeters (21 in) in diameter. Ship classes that carried 21-inch torpedoes include: Allen M. Sumner -class destroyers. Atlanta -class cruisers. Bagley -class destroyers. Balao -class submarines. Barbel -class submarines. Barracuda -class submarines.

  7. McDonnell Douglas X-36 - Wikipedia

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    The McDonnell Douglas (later Boeing) X-36 Tailless Fighter Agility Research Aircraft is an American stealthy subscale prototype jet designed to fly without the traditional empennage found on most aircraft. This configuration was designed to reduce weight, drag and radar cross section, and increase range, maneuverability and survivability.

  8. USS Curtis Wilbur - Wikipedia

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    USS Curtis Wilbur. USS. Curtis Wilbur. USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG-54) is the fourth Arleigh Burke -class guided missile destroyer. Curtis Wilbur was named for Curtis D. Wilbur, forty-third Secretary of the Navy, who served under President Calvin Coolidge. In 2016, she was based at Yokosuka, Japan, as part of Destroyer Squadron 15.

  9. USS Russell (DDG-59) - Wikipedia

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    Mark 54 lightweight torpedo. Aircraft carried. 1 × Sikorsky MH-60R. USS Russell (DDG-59) is an Arleigh Burke -class destroyer in the United States Navy. She is the second ship of the USN to carry the name Russell and is named for Rear Admiral John Henry Russell and his son, Commandant of the Marine Corps John Henry Russell, Jr.