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| Battleship USS Massachusetts BB-59 - Interior Views / 12 Mark 8 Sixteen Inch Shell Fragment
Bill Maloney 10/14/2006 |
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12 Sixteen Inch Shell Fragment
US 16 inch Mark 8 Naval Shells at other Military Museums in the northeast |
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| Another 16 inch naval shell can be found at the Watervliet Arsenal Museum in Watervliet, NY | A 16 inch naval naval gun rifling cutting bit at the Watervliet Arsenal Museum in Watervliet, NY | Another 16 inch naval shell can be found at the Vermont Military Museum in Essex Junctin, VT |
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| A Mark 8 16" naval shell at the US Navy Museum in Washington, DC | Mark 8 sixteen inch naval shell at the USS New Jersey Naval Museum in Camden, NJ | One more Sixteen inch naval shell at the Buffalo and Erie County Naval and Military Park in Buffalo, NY |
Length: 72 inches
Diameter: 16 inches
Weight: 2,700 lbs
Range: 45,000 Yards
Concrete Penetration: 30 feet reinforced concrete
Armor Penetration: 30" of side armor at 5,000 yds, 14" of deck armor at 42,000 yds
Propellant Charge: 655lbs
Bursting Charget: 41 lbs
Muzzle Velocity: 2,500 feet per second
Entered Service: 1939
Unit Cost: $500