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16 Inch Guns for Our Dreadnaughts   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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16 Inch Guns for Our Dreadnaughts
title QS:P1476,en:"16 Inch Guns for Our Dreadnaughts"
label QS:Len,"16 Inch Guns for Our Dreadnaughts"
Description
English: Poster from the What the Navy is Doing series, published by the Navy Recruiting Bureau, New York, circa 1919. It depicts the manufacture of 16/50 guns at the Washington Navy Yard, D.C., for installation in the Lexington (CC-1) class battle cruisers and South Dakota (BB-49) class battleships then planned or in early stages of construction. Also shown are pictures of the battle cruiser design, a firing test at Indian Head, Maryland, and the effect of 16-inch shells on heavy armor. Photograph from the Collections of the U.S. National Archives.
Date circa 1919
date QS:P571,+1919-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
institution QS:P195,Q3250126
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80-WP-1002
Source https://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/photography/us-navy-ships/battleships/indiana-bb-50/80-WP-1002.html
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