What branch of service were the Nevada-class battleship and the 16"/45 caliber gun used by?
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16&quot;/45 caliber gun The 16"/45 caliber gun (spoken "sixteen-inch-forty-five-caliber") was used for the primary batteries of the last class of Standard-type battleships for the United States Navy, the "Colorado"-class . These guns promised twice the muzzle energy over the Mark 7 12-inch/50 caliber guns of the "Wyoming"-class battleship and a 50% increase over the 14-inch/45 caliber guns of the "New York"-class , "Nevada"-class , and "Pennsylvania"-class battleship s.
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Nevada-class battleship The two "Nevada"-class battleship s were the first Standard-type battleships produced by the U.S. Navy, and also the first to use triple main turrets. "Nevada" (BB-36) and "Oklahoma" (BB-37) were both ordered in March 1911. In armament, armor, and propulsion the "Nevada" class represented a considerable evolution in battleship design and, in being designed specifically to fight at extreme gunnery ranges, was actually well ahead of its time. They would be followed by the "Pennsylvania"-class battleship s.
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Type 3 120 mm 45 caliber naval gun Type 3 120 mm 45 caliber naval gun was a Japanese naval gun and coast defense gun used on destroyers, submarines and torpedo boats of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War I and World War II. The proper title of the gun under the Japanese naval artillery naming system is 12 cm/45 3rd Year Type naval gun. Other guns using this naming system are the 41 cm/45 3rd Year Type naval gun, 20 cm/50 3rd Year Type naval gun, 15.5 cm/60 3rd Year Type naval gun and the 12.7 cm/50 Type 3 naval gun.
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USS Idaho (BB-42) USS "Idaho" (BB-42), a "New Mexico"-class battleship , was the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named for the 43rd state. She was the third of three ships of her class. Built by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation of Camden, New Jersey, she was launched in June 1917 and commissioned in March 1919. She was armed with a battery of twelve 14 in guns in four three-gun turrets, and was protected by heavy armor plate, with her main belt armor being 13.5 in thick.
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5&quot;/31 caliber gun The 5"/31 caliber gun (spoken "five-inch-thirty-one-caliber") were used in the secondary batteries of the United States Navy's "New Navy" protected cruiser "Chicago" and later mounted in "Panther" during the Spanish–American War.
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10 cm/65 Type 98 naval gun The 10 cm/65 Type 98 naval gun (六五口径九八式一〇糎高角砲 ) , also known as the long 10cm high-angle gun (長10センチ高角砲 ) , was a light caliber naval gun of the Imperial Japanese Navy used during World War II. It was employed on the aircraft carrier "Taihō" , the light cruiser "Ōyodo" , and "Akizuki"-class destroyers. From 1945, land-based installations became more prioritized. The gun was considered by the Japanese to be their finest anti-aircraft artillery weapon. After the end of World War II, the gun remained in service on the two Japanese destroyers ceded to the Soviet Union and the Republic of China as war reparations.
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Japanese cruiser Kumano Kumano (熊野 ) was one of four "Mogami" class of heavy cruisers in the Imperial Japanese Navy, serving in World War II. She was named after the Kumano River Kii Peninsula on the island of Honshu in central Japan. The "Mogami"-class ships were constructed as "light cruisers" (per the Washington Naval Treaty) with five triple 6.1-inch dual purpose guns. They were exceptionally large for light cruisers, and the barbettes for the main battery were designed for quick refitting with twin 8-inch guns. In 1937 all four ships were "converted" to heavy cruisers in this fashion. "Kumano" served in numerous combat engagements in the Pacific War, until she was eventually sunk by carrier aircraft from Task Force 38 while she was undergoing repairs at Santa Cruz, Philippines in November, 1944.
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12&quot;/50 caliber Mark 7 gun The 12"/50 caliber Mark 7 gun (spoken "twelve-inch-fifty-caliber") was a United States Navy's naval gun that first entered service in 1912. Initially designed for use with the "Wyoming"-class of dreadnought battleships, the Mark 7 also armed the Argentine Navy's "Rivadavia"-class battleship s.
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USS Neuendorf (DE-200) USS "Neuendorf" (DE-200), a "Buckley"-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Seaman First Class William Frederick Neuendorf (1916–1941), who was killed in action aboard the USS Nevada, as gun captain of No. 6 A.A. gun, gave an example of leadership, skill, and bravery that is remarked upon by all who observed it during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. He was commended posthumously "for distinguished devotion to duty and extraordinary courage and disregard for his own safety[,]" and was the most junior sailor mentioned specifically for distinguished conduct in the after action report of the USS Nevada regarding the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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Kearsarge-class battleship The "Kearsarge"-class battleships were two pre-dreadnought battleships built for the United States Navy at the beginning of the 20th century. They were designed to be used for coastal defense. Both of the ships, USS "Kearsarge" and USS "Kentucky" , were authorized in 1895 and commissioned in 1900. Neither ship participated in a major battle, although they participated in the Great White Fleet, the oldest ships on the cruise. "Kentucky" was decommissioned in 1920 and sold for scrap in 1923. "Kearsarge" was also decommissioned in 1920, although it was then converted into a crane ship, and served in that capacity until scrapping in 1955.
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QF 4.5-inch Mk I – V naval gun The QF 4.5 inch gun has been the standard medium-calibre naval gun used by the Royal Navy as a medium-range weapon capable of use against surface, aircraft and shore bombardment targets since 1938. This article covers the early 45-calibre family of guns up to the 1970s. For the later unrelated 55-calibre Royal Navy gun, see 4.5 inch Mark 8 naval gun.
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USS Delaware (BB-28) USS "Delaware" (BB-28) was a dreadnought battleship of the United States Navy, the lead ship of her class. She was laid down at Newport News Shipbuilding in November 1907, launched in January 1909, and completed in April 1910. The sixth ship to be named for the First State, "Delaware" was armed with a main battery of ten 12 in guns all on the centerline, making her the most powerful battleship in the world at the time of her construction. She was also the first battleship of the US Navy to be capable of steaming at full speed for 24 continuous hours without suffering a breakdown.
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National Museum of the United States Navy The National Museum of the United States Navy, or U.S. Navy Museum for short, is the flagship museum of the United States Navy and is located in the former Breech Mechanism Shop of the old Naval Gun Factory on the grounds of the Washington Navy Yard in Washington, D.C., United States.
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Design A-150 battleship Design A-150, also known as the "Super Yamato" class, was a design for a class of battleships for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN). Begun in 1938–1939, the design was mostly complete by 1941. However, after the start of the Pacific War in December 1941, all work on Design A-150 was halted so that the demand for other types of warships could be met and no ship was ever laid down. Historians William H. Garzke and Robert O. Dulin have argued that Design A-150 would have been the "most powerful battleships in history after H class" because of the massive size of their main battery of six 51 cm guns as well as numerous smaller-caliber weapons.
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5&quot;/25 caliber gun The 5"/25 caliber gun (spoken "five-inch-twenty-five-caliber") entered service as the standard heavy anti-aircraft (AA) gun for United States Washington Naval Treaty cruisers commissioned in the 1920s and 1930s. The goal of the 5"/25 design was to produce a heavy AA gun that was light enough to be rapidly trained manually. The gun was also mounted on pre-World War II battleships and aircraft carriers until replaced by the standard dual-purpose 5"/38 caliber gun, which was derived from the 5"/25 and was similar except for the barrel length. Guns removed from battleships were probably converted for submarine use by late 1943, while a purpose-built variant for submarines was available in mid-1944, and was widely used by them. United States naval gun terminology indicates the gun fired a projectile 5 inches (127 mm) in diameter, and the barrel was 25 calibers long (that is, for a 5" bore and a barrel length of 25 calibers, 5" x 25 = 125", or about 3.2 meters).
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USS Carson City (PF-50) USS "Carson City" (PF-50), a "Tacoma"-class frigate in commission from 1944 to 1945, thus far has been the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Carson City, Nevada. She later served in the Soviet Navy as EK-20 and in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force as JDS "Sakura" (PF-10), JDS "Sakura" (PF-290) and as YAC-16.
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USS New Hampshire (BB-25) "New Hampshire" (BB-25) was the sixth and final "Connecticut"-class pre-dreadnought battleship, the last vessel of that type built for the United States Navy. Like most contemporary battleships, she was armed with an offensive armament that consisted of four large-caliber 12 in guns and several medium-caliber 7 and 8-inch (178 and 203 mm) guns. The ship was laid down in May 1905, launched in June 1906, and commissioned in March 1908, a little over a year after the revolutionary all-big-gun HMS "Dreadnought" rendered ships like "New Hampshire" obsolescent.
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BL 18 inch Mk I naval gun The BL 18-inch Mk I naval gun was a breech-loading naval gun used by the Royal Navy during World War I. It was the largest and heaviest gun ever used by the British. Only the Second-World-War Japanese 40 cm/45 Type 94 had a larger calibre, 18.1 in , but the British shell was heavier. The gun was a scaled-up version of the BL 15 inch Mk I naval gun and was developed to equip the "large light cruiser" (a form of battlecruiser) "Furious" . Three guns were built, but they did not see combat with "Furious", before they were removed from her and transferred to the "Lord Clive"-class monitor s "General Wolfe" and "Lord Clive" for coast bombardment duties. Only 85 rounds were fired in combat operations before the war ended. All three were removed from service in 1920 and served as proving guns for cordite tests. Two were scrapped in 1933 and the last one survived until it was scrapped in 1947.
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USS Connecticut (BB-18) USS "Connecticut" (BB-18), the fourth United States Navy ship to be named after the state of Connecticut, was the lead ship of her class of six battleships. Her keel was laid on 10 March 1903; launched on 29 September 1904, "Connecticut" was commissioned on 29 September 1906 as the most advanced ship in the U.S. Navy.
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H-class battleship proposals The H class was a series of battleship designs for Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine", intended to fulfill the requirements of Plan Z in the late 1930s and early 1940s. The first variation, "H-39," called for six ships to be built, essentially as enlarged "Bismarck"-class battleship s with 40.6 cm guns. The "H-41" design improved the "H-39" ship with still larger main guns, with eight 42 cm weapons. Two subsequent plans, "H-42" and "H-43", increased the main battery yet again, with 48 cm pieces, and the enormous "H-44" design ultimately resulted with 50.8 cm guns. The ships ranged in size from the "H-39", which was 277.8 m long on a displacement of 56444 MT , to the "H-44", at 345 m on a displacement of 131000 MT . Most of the designs had a top speed in excess of 30 kn .
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15 cm SK &quot;Nathan&quot; The 15 cm SK L/45 "Nathan" or, more formally, the 15 cm SK L/45 in Mittelpivot-Lafette (SK - Schnelladekanone (quick loading gun)) 45 caliber on a central-pivot mount was a German railroad gun used in World War I.
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Japanese battleship Musashi Musashi (武蔵 ) , named after an ancient Japanese province, was one of two "Yamato"-class battleship s built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), beginning in the late 1930s. The "Yamato"-class ships were the heaviest and most powerfully armed battleships ever constructed, displacing almost 72000 LT fully loaded and armed with nine 46 cm main guns. Their secondary armament consisted of four 15.5 cm triple-gun turrets formerly used by the "Mogami"-class cruiser s. They were equipped with six or seven floatplanes to conduct reconnaissance.