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From: eos!eugene@eos.arc.nasa.gov (Eugene Miya)
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Subject: Re: USS Iowa explosion
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From: eos!eugene@eos.arc.nasa.gov (Eugene Miya)

>On a different note, why have the 40mm guns been removed from the BBs?

For the same reasons the Sgt. York was canceled: too short of a range,
too old, optically sighted, etc. etc.  3 inch guns were popular for
a while, but they have gone as well.

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