From the June 11, 2012, Today's Document.
Repaired from damage sustained at Pearl Harbor, the battleship USS Nevada provided naval gunfire for the troops storming Omaha and Utah beaches at Normandy in June 1944.
During the first three days of the invasion, it fired 876 rounds from its 14-inch guns and 3,491 from its 5-inchers.
The 14-inch guns fired 1800 pound shells that landed as far as 18 miles away..
That's One Big Gun!! --GreGen
The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
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