[MRCA] Fwd: minor point -Navy 5” guns

[MARK DORNEY]

> From: MARK DORNEY <mkdorney at aol.com>
> Date: May 8, 2023 at 6:01:43 PM EDT
> To: sboard.ka1lhz at gmail.com, MRCA at mailman.qth.ney
> Subject: minor point -Navy 5” guns
> 
> The US Navy has (had) two types of 5” guns onboard ship - 5” 37 and 5” 54. I think the Iowas had 5” 37 ( second number I think is caliber. Has to do with a combination of shell size and barrel length ). 
> 
> 73
> 
> Mark D. 
> WW2RDO
> 
> “In matters of style, float with the current. In matters of Principle, stand like a rock. “.   -   Thomas Jefferson 
> 
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