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Main gun armament was five dual-purpose 5-inch/38 caliber (127 mm) guns in single Mk 30 turrets (numbered bow-to-stern from one to five), guided by a Mark 37 Gun Fire Control System, including a Mk 12 fire control radar and a Mk 22 height-finder (replaced by the circular Mk 25 radar postwar) linked by a Mark 1A Fire Control Computer and ...
11 November 1942 30 December 1942 23 March 1946 Transferred to West German Navy, 14 July 1959 : Schroeder DD-501 25 June 1942 11 November 1942 1 January 1943 29 April 1946 Sold for scrap, 1 January 1974 : Sigsbee DD-502 22 July 1942 7 December 1942 23 January 1943 31 March 1947 Sold for scrap, 31 July 1975 : Conway DD-507
A needlegun, also known as a needler, flechette gun or fletcher, is a firearm that fires small, sometimes fin-stabilized, metal darts or flechettes. Theoretically, the advantages of a needlegun over conventional projectile firearms are in its compact size, high rate of fire , and extreme muzzle velocity .
39.25 in (997 mm) carbine with 22 inch barrel [11] Barrel length: 30 in (760 mm) ... The Spencer repeating rifle was a 19th-century American lever-action firearm ...
July 11, 1862 Colonel Frank Rector Colonel James P. King Colonel Henry J. McCord [23] 1st Arkansas Infantry, State Troops, 1st Regiment, Northwest Division, District of Arkansas Rector's War Regiment [53] 22nd Arkansas Infantry Regiment. 36th Arkansas Infantry Regiment: July 11, 1862, Redesignated January 1863 Colonel James M. Davie, [48]
USS Nicholas (DD/DDE-449) was a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy, serving for a total of 27 years, including through most of World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War.
Fletcher’s 11-yard rush — his first touchdown since Week 1, after he missed more than four weeks with a foot injury — ended overtime and the Hurricanes rallied past Virginia 29-26 on Saturday.
The Mark 12 5"/38-caliber gun was a United States dual-purpose naval gun, but also installed in single-purpose mounts on a handful of ships.The 38-caliber barrel was a mid-length compromise between the previous United States standard 5"/51 low-angle gun and 5"/25 anti-aircraft gun.