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Arizona 5 Inch guns paint

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Arizona 5 Inch guns paint
Posted by 65 air cav vn on Thursday, January 25, 2007 1:46 PM
Were the 5 inch guns painted measure 1 or were they a lighter color? Thanks Hank  Support The Troops Garry Owen
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  • From: Mansfield, TX
Posted by EdGrune on Friday, January 26, 2007 7:11 AM

Doing a bit or research for you ...

http://www.navsource.org/archives/01/013546b.jpg

This photo of the Texas shows her 5-inch guns to be painted Navy Blue (5-N) to match the exterior.   Measure 21 has a direct lineage to Measure 1.  There are no easily locatable photos online of the Arizona in Measure 1 showing her 5-inch guns.   However there are seveal paintings of the period which do not show the guns sticking out like a light sore thumb against a dark background.   IMO you can safely paint the gun barrels and mounts in your choice of Measure 1 color.   The breach mechanism was likely left gunmetal, or bronze for operability. 

What is more telling from this photo is that the interior bulkheads and overhead are not painted blue.   

 

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