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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.
QF 4 inch Mk XVI naval gun 45-caliber United Kingdom: World War II 102 mm (4.0 in) EOC 4 inch 50 caliber United Kingdom: World War I - World War II 102 mm (4.0 in) QF 4 inch Mk XIX naval gun 40-caliber United Kingdom: World War II 102 mm (4.0 in) QF 4 inch naval gun Mk XXIII 33-caliber United Kingdom: Cold War - Borneo confrontation
An improved weapon, the BL 16-inch Mark II was designed for the Lion-class battleship which was a successor to the King George V class taking advantage of the larger weapon allowed under the London Naval Treaty from March 1938. This "new design" of 16-inch gun fired a shell that weighed 2,375 pounds (1,077 kg).
The U.S. Navy had the 16"/50-caliber Mark 2 guns left over from the canceled Lexington-class battlecruisers and South Dakota-class battleships of the early 1920s. However it was already apparent that the Mark 2 was too heavy to arm the North Carolina and new South Dakota (1939) battleship classes which had to adhere to the 35,000 ton standard displacement set by the Second London Naval Treaty.
By late 1943, the threat of a naval attack on the United States had diminished, and with two or four 16-inch guns in most harbor defenses, construction and arming of further batteries was suspended. As 16-inch guns and a companion improved 6-inch gun were emplaced, older weapons were scrapped. With the war over in 1945, most of the remaining ...
As 16-inch guns and a companion improved 6-inch gun were emplaced, older weapons were scrapped. About 21 16-inch gun batteries were completed 1941-44, but not all of these were armed. [17] With the war over in 1945, most of the remaining coast defense guns, including the recently emplaced 16-inch weapons, were scrapped by 1948.
BL 18 inch Mk I naval gun; BL 18 in / 45 naval gun, planned for the N3-class battleship; RML 17.72 inch gun; BL 16.25 inch Mk I naval gun; BL 16 inch Mk I naval gun; RML 16 inch 80 ton gun; BL 15 inch Mk I naval gun; BL 14 inch Mk VII naval gun; EOC 14 inch /45 Marks I and III; BL 13.5 inch Mk V naval gun; BL 13.5 inch Mk I-IV; RML 12.5 inch 38 ...
The list of naval weapon systems aims to provide reference about weapons mounted on surface combatant warships, and smaller craft and submarines found throughout the history of naval warfare. The list is sorted alpha-numerically by system service designation (i.e. Mk 15), or issue name if designation is unknown: NB: As this is an English ...