16 inch guns

[The Kraken]

Other trivia . . .

One can see the projectile in flight (albeit for only a very brief moment) from the cockpit of a UH-1H if one happens to be flying through the max arc of the fire mission at the wrong time.

Excerpt taken from my own hand written, personally witnessed copy of "What They Don't Teach You in Flight School".

Foot note: If a proximity fuse is installed it can ruin your whole day.

 

[smokey braden]

other trivia,
the navy, while researching and developing the 16" guns used the potomac river as a range.
4 miles from where i was born and raised.
they would close the river to commercial traffic and then shoot all day.
they do make noise.
thru the years they did have a few "misses".
one lady in colonial beach came home to find her back yard gone.
the navy came to find the round, but after digging 25 ft down they gave up.