From Wikipedia.
The gunmount in the last two entries was designed to hold a 155-mm cannon. These cannons were used in World War II and the Korean War and fired 100-pound shells with a maximum range of 13.7 miles.
They were a military field gun developed by the United States and classified as secondary armament in coastal defense.
One can be seen at Battleship Memorial Park in Mobile, Alabama, by the USS Alabama.
There are also ten others on display around the country.
--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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