Shell Fire - World War II |
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 |
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, at Point du Hoc, during the Normandy France Invasion.
Average rate of 7.5 shells every minute for 34 minutes. |
Okinawa 1945: 5 inch vs 14inch fired: The 5" gun crew fired more shells with only 30 percent of the gun barrels of the 14-inch guns.
Only 3 5-inch guns could fire at any one time while all 10 14-inch guns could fire at once. |
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