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    Quote Originally Posted by Seaspriter View Post
    U.S.iconNew Jersey, one of the four Arizona class battle wagons (New Jersey, Arizona, Missouri and Wisconsin)
    Arizona class? No such thing is there? The New Jersey and her sisters(6 in all) are Iowa class.
    The U.S.S. Arizona was a Pennsylvania class, commissioned in 1916.
    Never heard of any U.S. Battleships having 18'' main guns, 16'' is the largest I can reference to.
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    Quote Originally Posted by vintage hunter View Post
    The New Jersey and her sisters(6 in all) are Iowa class.
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    16'' is the largest
    That's right, here's the rest...according to Wiki... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_New_Jersey_(BB-62)
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    AFAIK the Japaneseicon hold the record for the largest caliber naval guns ever fitted to a ship. The battleship Yamato and her sister Musashi each had nine 18.1 inch main guns.

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