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RE: Why were deck guns kept for so long in the war
Posted by: oliver ()
Date: August 19, 2001 06:17PM

<HTML>...maybe the lump of metal was good for balancing?:-)))
nope...usually they had guns because they were able to prolong their missions (they did not have to use their torpedos for small ships,they could use artillery shells instead).also late in the war there were opportunities to use it.
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Why were deck guns kept for so long in the war? Frank Blazich 08/19/2001 05:52PM
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RE: Why were deck guns kept for so long in the war oliver 08/19/2001 08:30PM
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