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I didn't hear about this until this morning, so I am going out to see it this evening after work.
http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Big-WWII-era-gun-comes-to-Golden-Gate-3907659.php
This is going to be fantastic! There are siting positions for this gun and it's mate, spread along about a 20 mile stretch of the coast north and south of the Golden Gate Bridge.
Modeling is an excuse to buy books.
Now that's cool. I went on a tour of the Missouri when I was a little kid up in Seattle which means that gun was mounted at the time. Sometime in the 70's.
Link to my built kits: http://s37.photobucket.com/user/kg4kpg/library/Planes?sort=3&page=1
Very cool! We have Ft MacArthur (named after Arthur, not Douglas) here in San Pedro, with all its' old associated coastal defense battery casemates, but the guns and mortars are long gone. You can see USS Iowa from some of the old bunkers.
F is for FIRE, That burns down the whole town!
U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!
N is for NO SURVIVORS...
- Plankton
LSM
Is it the entire gun or the barrel? There is one (barrel only) from USS Iowa on display in Trophy Park at Norfolk Naval Shipyard. It is resting horizontally in a low rack on the ground at waist level. Somehow, it looks small displayed this way.
http://www.navsea.navy.mil/shipyards/norfolk/History/16Inch.aspx
Here is a link to an interactive map of the park: http://www.navsea.navy.mil/shipyards/norfolk/History/Trophy2.aspx
I'm from the government and I'm here to help.
Looks small, huh? If you disregard the VW Bug driving into the breech, maybe, lol!
Flight deck: Hasegawa 1:48 P-40E; Tamiya 1:48 A6M2 N Type 2 ('Rufe')
Elevators: Airfix 1:72 Grumman Duck; AM 1:72 F-4J
Small? That Naval rifle is a 16" 55 cal. That means a 16' bore and a barrel length of right at 73' 4"
(multiply the bore by the caliber)
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And the shells that don't go off make a great comfy seat
If you see one in person you will know what I mean. Aerial 2000 pound bombs actually look bigger than a 2000 pound naval round when you see them up close because they are longer and have the tail cone and guidance system installed. The 16" gun barrel is shorter than what you would expect after seeing them sticking out of a BB's turret.
16" Projectile below and a 2000lb.aerial bomb sans fins and other peripherals beneath:
Here are a couple of 16" projectiles:
Here's a 2k lb with all the fixin's:
those are small but if you are talking about a tall boy or a grand slam then you are talking big.
more on this...
www.nps.gov/.../battery-townsley-preservation.htm
Wow! It looks like the National Park Service means business on this project. That's good news. Thanks for posting, GM.
Lee
Yes they do, but as is usual these days, volunteers really make it happen.
Here, I stray from ships a little...The area is dotted with the remnants of Nike installations as well. One of them is fully restored and operational
http://www.flickr.com/photos/scotthessphoto/6189408446/
Another has been converted into the state-of-the-art marine mammal rescue center.
http://hfrank007.wordpress.com/2011/03/08/final-ca-wrap-up-marine-mammal-center-tour-marin-headlands/
Well, 16"/50. The North Carolina and South Dakota classes had 16/45 guns.
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