Background Information

Modern Weapons

1980 to Present

Historical Weapons

Battleship Main Guns

Cruiser / Destroyer Main Guns and Battleship / Cruiser Secondary Guns

8"/55 Mark 71
Hull (DD-945)
8"/55RF Mark 16
Des Moines (CA-134) Class
8"/55 Marks 12 and Mark 15
Tuscaloosa (CA-37), Wichita (CA-45), Baltimore (CA-68) and Oregon City (CA-122) Classes
8"/55 Marks 9, 10, 11, 13 and 14
Lexington (CV-2), Pensacola (CA-24), Northampton (CA-26), Portland (CA-33) and early New Orleans (CA-32) Classes
8"/23 Mark 7
8"/15 Mark 8
"Flush-deck" destroyers
8"/45 Mark 6
Virginia (B-13), Connecticut (B-18) and Mississippi (B-23) Classes
8"/35 Marks 3 and 4,
8"/40 Mark 5
Indiana (B-1), Iowa (B-4), Kearsarge (B-5), New York (ACR-2), Brooklyn (ACR-3), Pennsylvania (ACR-4), Charleston (C-2), Baltimore (C-3), Olympia (C-6) and Columbia (C-12) Classes
8"/30 Marks 1 and 2
Atlanta and Chicago Classes ("New Navy" ships)
7"/44 Mark 1
7"/45 Mark 2
Connecticut (B-18) and Mississippi (B-23) Classes
6"/47 Mark 17
Erie (PG-50) Class
6"/47DP Mark 16
Worcester (CL-144) Class
6"/47 Mark 16
Brooklyn (CL-40), St. Louis (CL-49), Cleveland (CL-55) and Fargo (CL-106) Classes
6"/53 Marks 12, 14, 15 and 18
Omaha (CL-4), South Dakota (BB-49), Lexington (CC-1), Argonaut (SS-166) and Narwhal (SS-167) Classes
6"/44 Mark 9,
6"/45 Mark 10,
6"/50 Mark 11,
6" Mark 13
Miscellaneous 6" guns
6"/50 Marks 6 and 8
Maine (B-10), Virginia (B-13), St. Louis (C-20) and Pennsylvania (ACR-4) Classes
6"/50 Mark 5
New Orleans Class ("Elswick Cruisers")
6"/30 Marks 1, 2 and 3
6"/35 Mark 3
6"/40 Marks 3, 4 and 7
Dolphin, Chicago, Atlanta (1886), Boston, Maine (1895), Texas (1895), Indiana (B-1), Iowa (B-4), Illinois (B-7), Newark (C-1), Charleston (C-2), Baltimore (C-3), Philadelphia (C-4), San Francisco (C-5), Cincinnati (C-7) and Yorktown (PG-3) Classes
5.4"/48 Mark 1
5"/70 Type F
5"/54 Mark 65
5"/54 Mark 66
Proposed 5.4" and 5" guns of the 1940s - 1960s
5"/54 Mark 16
Montana (BB-67) and Midway (CVB-41) Classes
5"/38 Mark 12
US ships 1930s to 1980s
5"/25 Marks 10, 11, 13 and 17
US ships 1920s to 1940s
5"/51 Marks 7, 8, 9, 14 and 15
Battleships 1910s to 1940s, a few destroyers, submarines and auxiliaries
5"/50 Marks 5 and 6
Delaware (B-28), Denver (C-14) and Chester (CS-1) Classes
New Orleans Class ("Elswick Cruisers") as rearmed
5"/40 Marks 2, 3 and 4
Kearsarge (B-5), Brooklyn (ACR-3), Olympia (C-6), Cincinnati (C-7) and Montgomery (C-9) Classes
5"/31 Mark 1
Chicago (1885) and Auxiliary Cruisers
4.7"/50 Mark 3
New Orleans Class ("Elswick Cruisers")
4"/50 Marks 7, 8, 9 and 10
"Flush Deck" destroyers and Submarines 1935-1941
4"/40 Marks 1, 3, 4, 5 and 6
4"/39 Mark 2
Iowa (B-4), Columbia (C-12), New York (ACR-2), Nashville (PG-7) and Wilmington (PG-8) Classes

Smaller Caliber and Anti-Aircraft Guns