Cleaning the gun barrels on USS Oklahoma
B-37 in 1918
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph
# NH 44422
Bow turrets on USS Pennsylvania B-38
Note the clean, uncluttered turret tops
on the "standards" compared to earlier USN pre-dreadnoughts
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph
# NH 104176
Overhead view of stern turrets on USS Nevada
B-36 taken in 1918 from a kite balloon
Note the 3" (7.62 cm) anti-aircraft guns
on the top of Turret III
World War I 14" (35.6 cm) Navy Railway
Gun, this one is now at the Washington Navy Yard, Washington DC
Photograph copyrighted by Charley Seavey
Another view of the 14" (35.6 cm) Navy
Railway Gun at the Washington Navy Yard, Washington DC
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph,
ID unknown or not assigned
From left to right: Indian Head employee,
14" (35.6 cm) AP, 12" (30.5 cm) Common, 12" (30.5 cm) AP and 10" (25.4
cm) AP
Picture taken about 1911
This photograph is taken from "Powder
and Propellants" by Rodney Carlisle. In the original caption, the
author identifies the largest round as being a 16" (40.6 cm) projectile.
However, as 16" (40.6 cm) projectiles of that era were some 56.5 inches
(143.5 cm) in length, that would imply that the employee pictured here
was a giant of about 7 feet (213 cm) in height. For that reason,
I believe the projectile sizes given above to be correct, which would make
the employee height closer to 6 feet (183 cm).
Loading 14" (35.6 cm) projectiles aboard USS New York B-34 sometime during World War I
14" (35.6 cm) Breech Mechanism