File:5.9 inch WWI Era German Naval Gun image 2.jpg

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English: According to the data plate on this gun, it is a 5.9 inch According to the data plate on this gun, it is a 5.9 inch German naval gun, and was manufactured in 1909. It was mounted on the German cruiser Ostfriesland. At the end of WWI this gun was removed from the vessel and taken to the United States as a war trophy. The ship it was taken from, the Ostfriesland, was later sunk by U.S. military aircraft in 1921 during experiments to assess the effectiveness of aircraft against major warships.
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Camera location36° 49′ 41.04″ N, 76° 17′ 50.01″ W  Heading=89.833698030635° Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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