Updated 06 January 2009

Cruiser Olympia ca. 1901
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 105067-A

8"/35 (20.3 cm) on USS Columbia C-12
Note the inclined hydraulic recoil cylinder, the weight of the gun itself helped to return it to battery.  Also note the large training gear on the back on the mount.

Assembled 8"/35 (20.3 cm) gun at the Washington Navy Yard Gun Factory
Detroit Publishing Company Collection Photograph
Library of Congress Photograph ID LC-D4-21322

8"/35 (20.3 cm) aboard USS New York ACR-2 about 1898
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 85672

8"/35 (20.3 cm) aboard USS New York ACR-2 about 1898
Detroit Publishing Company Collection Photograph
Library of Congress Photograph ID LC-D4-20747

USS Minneapolis C-13 in 1898 showing her 8"/40 (20.3 cm) bow deck gun
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 63591

Forward 8"/40 (20.3 cm) turret on USS Maryland ACR-8 during a shoot in Manila Bay, Philippine Islands, circa 1906
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 73127

8"/40 (20.3 cm) gun on USS Maryland ACR-8
Breech is engraved as follows:

    U.S. Naval Gun Factory W.N.Y.
    8 in. Gun Mark V No. 98

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 73128

Sailors posing aboard USS Iowa B-4
 Note that the inboard gun has its muzzle blown off, probably during a gunnery exercise in 1904
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 75671

Loading an 8" (20.3 cm) projectile aboard Kearsage B-5