Forward turret on USS Oregon B-3
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph
# NH 82644
Another view of the forward Turret on USS
Oregon B-3
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph
# NH 42969
After turret of USS Oregon B-3
This picture shows a typical armament
of US pre-dreadnoughts of this time. 13" (33 cm) main armament, 8"
(20.3 cm) secondaries and 3-pdr (1.85") anti-torpedo boat guns
USS Kearsarge B-5
Note the super-imposed 8" (20.3 cm) turret
on top of the 13" (33 cm) turret
Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Photograph
Library of Congress Photograph ID LC-D4-20480
Inside one of the turrets on USS Oregon
B-3
Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Photograph
Library of Congress Photograph ID LC-D4-20835
Breech of one of the 13" (33 cm) guns on
USS Oregon B-3
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph
# NH 1895
13" (33 cm) projectiles being loaded aboard
USS Kentucky B-6 about 1900
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph
# 82666
This gun started life in 1898 as the 13"/35
(33 cm) Mark 2 Mod 1 Serial Number 23. It was later converted to
the 16"/28.8 (40.6 cm) Mark A Mod 0 Experimental Gun, the USN's first gun
of that caliber. Gun was bored out and hooped to the muzzle.
It is shown here rusting away in March 2005 at the "Bone yard" at the Naval
Surface Warfare Center in Dahlgren, Virginia. Maximum range in this
16" (40.6 cm) configuration with a 2,100 lbs. (953 kg) projectile and a
muzzle velocity of 1,800 fps (549 mps) was 25,100 yards (22,950 m).
Rifling was 96 grooves uniform RH 1 in 20.
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