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| 3inch/50 Anti-Aircraft |
| In 1916, the first US battleship equipped with
anti-aircraft guns 28 year later (October 1944), 94 anti-aircraft gun barrels (3 sizes) were aboard |
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| 5 Configurations |
| July 1916 | Aug 1921 | Nov 1926 | Oct 1941 | June 1943 | Sep 1943 | |
| Mark Type | X | XII | ?? | ?? | ?? | XXII |
| Crane (atop) | 2 | 2 | 0 | . | . | . |
| Turret 3 | . | 2 | 0 | . | . | . |
| Turret 4 | . | 2 | 0 | . | . | . |
| Superstructure | . | 2 | 8 | 8 (a) | 6 | 6 |
| Main Deck | . | . | . | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| Total Qty | 2 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| During ship's construction, a design feature in the 1912 joiners not included were eight of these guns |
| (1) 2 - superstructure (2) 2 - crane top (3) 2 atop turret 3 (4) 2 atop turret 4 |
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| Period 1 of 5: July 1916 thru July 1921 |
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2 of the eventual 10 One atop each crane |
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| Period 2 of 5: August 1921 thru July 1925 |
| (1) 2 - superstructure (2) 2 - crane top (3) 2 atop turret 3 (4) 2 atop turret 4 |
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| Period 3 of 5: November 1926 thru October 1941 |
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| Period 4 of 5: October 1941 thru June 1943 |
| Superstructure | Main Deck |
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| Period 5 of 5: June 1943 on |
| Superstructure | Main Deck |
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| MAGAZINES - 2nd PLATFORM |
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| 1931 |
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| 1937 |
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1944 |
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Started 11 May 1999 Chuck Moore, FTV (1st Texas Volunteers) BB35 volunteer group