Watervliet Arsenal Museum - Naval Cannon / 14 16 inch Naval Gun Rifling Cutting Bit
Bill Maloney 1/8/2014 |
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 | Another 16 inch naval shell can be found at the Vermont Military Museum in Essex Junctin, VT | Mark 8 sixteen inch naval shell at the USS New Jersey Naval Museum in Camden, NJ |
A Mark 8 16" naval shell at the US Navy Museum in Washington, DC | A 16 inch naval shell fragment at the USS Massachusetts naval museum in Fall River, MA | 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
This is the cutting bit that would be forced through the 16 inch naval gun barrel to cut the rifleing grooves. The bits are adjustable for depth. I do not know how many passes it would have to make to cut the grooves to full depth. The next page gives a closer view of the cutting bits.