I spotted the first photo below whilst randomly clicking around. It was not captioned but I would imagine it is possibly the USS New Jersey as shown in the second photo.
Amazing view of the pressure wave on the sea below the guns – firing that thing would be exciting to say the least!
From wiki :
New Jersey’s main battery consisted of nine 16″/50 caliber Mark 7 guns in triple turrets, which could fire 2,700-pound (1,225 kg) armor-piercing shells some 23 miles (37 km). Her secondary battery consisted of twenty 5″/38 caliber guns mounted in twin-gun dual purpose (DP) turrets, which could hit targets up to 9 miles (14 km) away.
So, thats similar to launching a mini 23 miles – I would not want to be on the receiving end of that but I could certainly think of a few uses for it!
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