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It takes longer to build the guns than to build the rest of the ship I’ve heard

Rifling is .150” deep. Cut with a single cutter

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Battleship USS Tennessee and World War 2
video posted to YouTube on Jun 3, 2022
video channel: The History Guy




USS Tennessee (BB-43)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Tennessee_(BB-43)

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After her refit / rebuild following Pearl Harbor.


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Originally Posted by Stilhuntin
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My dad was also on the USS Evans in the Pacific during WW2.
He wouldn’t talk much about it until late in life, but had some amazing stories.
My step grandfather was on the USS Missoula, an APA at Iwo Jima. The Missoula only had defensive guns and no cannons. They were a troop carrier and brought many of the Marines who landed on the beach to that little engagement. But, he got an eye full of big guns the 7 days they were at Iwo before taking wounded Marines back to Saipan.

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