A battleship has frequently been described ... had proven that it was possible to fire a 12·inch gun over a turret without injury to the occupants of the lower turret. It is believed that tbe ...

Secondary batteries consisted of twenty 5-inch/38 caliber guns mounted in twin-gun dual purpose (DP) turrets ... the United States Navy was without an active battleship since 1895.

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Its main armament consisted of eight 15-inch guns mounted in four twin turrets, capable of delivering ... a significant threat to Allied shipping without ever needing to fire its guns in a major ...