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The first Iowa-class ship was laid down in June 1940; in their World War II configuration, each of the Iowa-class battleships had a main battery of 16-inch (406 mm) guns that could hit targets nearly 20 statute miles (32 km) away with a variety of artillery shells designed for anti-ship or bombardment work. The secondary battery of 5-inch (127 ...
Mary Florence Potts was born in Ottumwa, Iowa on November 1, 1850, to Jacob Hanec Webber (from Pennsylvania) and Anna Nancy McGinley (from Pennsylvania). [1] She married Joseph Hunt Potts, a man 17 years older than she, at the age of 17 on June 7, 1868, in Ottumwa, Iowa. Her first child was born in 1869, a son she named Oscero.
The 2nd Iowa Light Artillery was mustered into Federal service at Council Bluffs, Iowa for a three-year enlistment on August 18, 1861. The regiment was mustered out of Federal service on August 7, 1865. Memorial at Vicksburg National Military Park
Iowa ' s main battery turrets were protected with 15 in (381 mm) on the sides and 2 in thick crowns; the rears of the turrets were 17 in (432 mm) thick, with the greater weight being used to balance the turret. Their barbettes were also 15 in thick on the exposed sides and reduced to 12.5 in (318 mm) where it was protected by the belt.
Under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Drake, the small Federal detachment of about 500 men from Companies A, D & G, 36th Iowa, three companies of the 43rd Indiana, two picket companies of dismounted troopers of the 1st Iowa Cavalry, and a two-gun artillery section from Battery E, 2nd Missouri Light Artillery skirmished all day as the ...
Oerlikon 20mm AA gun mount on board USS Iowa (BB-61) Post–World War I battleships, particularly British and American, had discarded single purpose secondary batteries mounted in casemates used to engage surface targets in favour of turret-mounted dual purpose secondary batteries (5-inch or 6-inch caliber). Secondaries were initially designed ...
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The Mark 37 directors for the secondary batteries were fitted with the Mark 4 radar. With this system and the VT fused shells, the secondary batteries became formidable anti-air weapons, as well as being capable of using against surface targets. The Mark 4 was eventually replaced by the Mark 12/22. [24]