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From: msjohnso@ensub.Wichita.NCR.COM (Mark Johnson)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: battleships
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Date: 21 Feb 91 02:50:30 GMT
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From: msjohnso@ensub.Wichita.NCR.COM (Mark Johnson)


Some notes of interest on the 16" rifles on the Iowa-class battleships:
The last of the 1940's vintage projectiles were expected to be used up
during 1990, and the production line was to start manufacturing new shells
sometime during the middle of last year. This is the first all-new 
production since 1947. All intervening work has been remanufacturing, 
including both maintenance and upgrading. The 16" projectiles are produced
at the Crane Naval Weapons Support Center in southern Indiana (yes, Virginia,
there is a Naval base in Indiana), under supervision of the Army. That's 
right, the Army. All ammunition and artillery-related work at Crane is now
operated by the Army, although the base command and ordnance support work
is a Navy activity.

(Author's note: I worked as a contractor at NWSC Crane during 1989-90; 
all the above information is out of local Indiana newspapers.)

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