U.S.S. The Sullivans 5 inch gun turret

The outside and inside of one of the U.S.S. The Sullivan's 5 inch gun turrets. This shows how the loading room beneath the turret was arranged. Power and projectiles were stored here and sent up to the gun through small elevators.

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• U.S.S. The Sullivans
• 5 inch
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• elevator
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• WWII
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• Fletcher class destroyer
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[Ettoredipugnar]

walked on her decks at the Philly navy yard while she was in mothballs. april 1971. Shamrock on her stack.

[rrclerk68]

@bestamerica Why are you being so anal about my reply? I was just placing emphasis on my reply by saying "You bet your A**, it is a common saying in the United States, and no offense is meant. If you want to really be picky, the bulet (your spelling error) is actually a projectile or a shell, and no matter what you call it, a shell fired from a 5"/38 naval rifle would still decimate a USSR T-90 main battle tank. Good luck with your English language lessons.

[bestamerica]

rrclerk68,

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okay thank explain,,,

dont use 2 words - YOU / YOUR - on me,,,

let explain about gun and battle main tank

[rrclerk68]

@bgrif After service in both World War II and the Korean War, The Sullivans was assigned to the 6th Fleet and was a training ship until she was decommissioned on 7 January 1965. In 1977, she and cruiser Little Rock and the submarine Croaker were processed for donation to the Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park in Buffalo, New York. The ship now serves as a memorial and is open for public tours.

[rrclerk68]

@bestamerica You bet your ass it can, bud! A five inch armor-piercing shell is the equivalent of a 120 mm. tank shell. Fired at a high angle or even direct point blank it would penetrate the T90's armor like opening a can of Russian dogmeat.

[rrclerk68]

@gunz1095 Thanks, that's what I figured it was too. The upper handling room is kind of a "ready room" where shells and powder are kept close to the main mount for action. For safety, most of the time they were probably kept in the ship's magazine which is usually in the lower decks and protected with additional armor and fire suppression systems. I was schooled in the 5"/38 at Newport RI, but was discharged from USNR before I ever saw their application onboard ship.

[oxhornfan100]

Nice, but the Fletchers didn't have gun turrents, they are called gun mounts.

[savagenomore]

DAMN...that's a big ass blue shotgun shell....lol...

[bgrif]

Where is she docked?

[SayokoHatsuya]

@familyguyrofl That's because The Sullivans is a Fletcher class destroyer.