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  • WWII Shells Fired

    Operation 14" fire dates 5" fire dates 14" 5" . 3" 40mm 20mm
    Morocco, N Africa, 8-15 Nov 1942 8 & 10 10 273 6 . unk Not aboard unk
    Normandy, France, 6 - 18 June 1944 6-8 & 15  6-8 690 272 . 0 192 0
    Cherbourg, France, 25 June 1944. 25 . 208 0 . 0 0 0
    Southern France, 15 - 17 Aug 1944 15 . 172 0 . 121 492 0
    Iwo Jima, Japan, 16 Feb - 7 Mar 1945 16-21 Feb  17-20 Feb 923 967 . 4 0 0
    Okinawa, Japan, 25 Mar - 14 May 1945   Mar 25-31 Apr 1-3, 13, 14, 16, 19-21, 25-30 May 3, 5-11 Mar 27-30 Apr 1-2, 13 -14, 19-20,  27, 30 2,019 2,640 . 490 3,100 2,275
    .   TOTALS 4,305 3,885 . 615 3,784 2,275

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    Source:  War Diaries and Action Reports

     

    Largest Quantity 14" Shells Fired in One Day

    : 445 - 6 June 1944

     

    Largest Quantity 14" Shells Continuously Fired in One Period

    255 from 0550 to 0624, 6 June 1944,

    Point du Hoc, Normandy France Invasion

    Average rate of 7.5 shells every minute for 34 minutes

     

    5 inch vs 14 inch fired:

    Only three 5-inch guns could fire at any one time while all ten 14-inch guns could fire at once.

     

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    Started 11 May 1999 Chuck Moore, FTV (1st Texas Volunteers) BB35 volunteer group