6-inch/53-caliber gun

6"/53 caliber naval gun
Forward Mark 16 turret aboard USS Cincinnati (CL-6).
TypeNaval gun
Service history
In service1920 - 1945
Used byUnited States
WarsWorld War II
Production history
Variants
  • Guns Mk 12, Mk 14, Mk 15, Mk 18
  • Mountings Mk 13, Mk 16, Mk 17
Specifications
Barrel length26.5 feet (8 m) bore (53 calibers)

Shell105 pounds (48 kg)[1]
Caliber152 millimeters (6 in)
Muzzle velocity900 meters per second (2,950 ft/s)[1]
Maximum firing range23,130 meters (25,295 yd)[1]

The 6"/53 caliber gun (spoken "six-inch-fifty-three-caliber") formed the main battery of some United States Navy light cruisers and three US submarines built during the 1920s.

  1. ^ a b c Campbell 1985 pp.132-3