After upgrades, the ship delivered intense bombardment, firing thousands of 16-inch and 5-inch shells, destroying enemy ... in which the 20mm and 40mm anti-aircraft guns were removed, and her ...

Eventually, the General Board settled on the 16-inch Mark 7. The gun was originally designed to fire a lighter, 2,240-pound Armor Piercing (AP) Mark 5 projectile. But the Mark 7’s shell handling ...