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The U.S. Navy's Iowa-Class Battleship Nightmare, Explained
Actually, the Iowa was the most heavily armed warship that the US Navy has ever sailed. The primary armament was nine breech-loading 16-inch (406mm)/50-caliber Mark 7 naval guns. The Mark 7 guns ...
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U.S. Navy Iowa-Class Battleships Could Have Fired Nuclear Bomb Shells
In response, the U.S. Navy explored arming its Iowa-class ... Each of those guns was 66 feet (20 meters) long, which was 50 times their 16-inch bore (50-caliber) from breech face to muzzle.