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3"/3-inch/23-caliber gun
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3-inch/23-caliber gun
The
3
-
inch
/
23
-
caliber
gun
(spoken "three-inch-twenty-three-caliber") was the standard anti-aircraft gun for United States destroyers through World War
QF 4-inch naval gun Mk XIX
torpedo Foreign-sourced weapons 20 mm Oerlikon 40 mm Bofors
3
-
inch
23
caliber
gun
(US)
3
-inch 50 caliber gun (US) 4-inch 50 caliber Mark 9 gun (US) 5-inch
Squid (weapon)
and dropped into the sea slightly ahead of it. Sink rate was 43.5 ft/s (13.
3
m/s) and a clockwork time fuze was used to determine the detonation depth
BL 7.5-inch Mk VI naval gun
torpedo Foreign-sourced weapons 20 mm Oerlikon 40 mm Bofors
3
-
inch
23
caliber
gun
(US)
3
-inch 50 caliber gun (US) 4-inch 50 caliber Mark 9 gun (US) 5-inch
USS Biddle (DD-151)
of these guns, and many ships of the class were fitted with two
3
-
inch
/
23
-
caliber
gun
instead. Torpedo armament consisted of twelve 21-inch torpedo tubes