To: jmacusa
Was it true that when the USS Missouri was recommissioned for the Gulf war that the 16” shells were vintage WWII? Thought I had read that somewhere.
91 posted on
03/01/2022 10:56:49 AM PST by
CodeJockey
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To: CodeJockey
I wouldn't be surprised. I was never in the military but I'm not unfamiliar with weaponry. I'm not sure if the shells were that old but what I would wonder about would be the condition of the powder bags to hurl the things. I also read once that for some reason video of 16 inch shells impacting a target are classified. Don't know if that's true or not.
92 posted on
03/01/2022 11:02:23 AM PST by
jmacusa
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