The guns are of the 5”/51 type, meaning they fire projectiles five inches in diameter and the barrel is 51 calibers, or just over 21 feet long. The U.S. Navy began using them in 1911, one year ...

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About 35 large items--including torpedoes, mines, propellers, the sub-guns of the battleship Mutsu and the large testing equipment used when the Yamato was being built--will be displayed at the ...