[Jimmy Valentine]

Somewhere out there is an overhead picture of the old USS Missisippi toward the end of the war. Both sides of the main deck are lined with A.A. gun tubs; unbelieveable how much iron that old ship could put up into the air.

Regards,

[Gumlegs]

Well, I found this one:

I would NOT have wanted to be in one of those 40mm gun tubs near turret 3 when the big guns were in operation.

The description of this shot in Friedman's "U.S. Battleships An Illistrated Design History," says it's 1945 and the ship has 16 5in/25s and 12quad 40mm.