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Gun Platform No. 1 - 1945

San Diego Naval Training Center

 
 
Gun Platform No. 1 - 1945 Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Richard E. Miller, December 7, 2011
1. Gun Platform No. 1 - 1945 Marker
Inscription.
The two larger mounts are 5-inch 51 calibre guns which were found on older battleships. This gun was designed to engage surface craft, especially swift torpedo boats that were too fast to be tracked and destroyed by a battleship’s large main guns. The large wheels on either side controlled the gun’s horizontal and vertical direction. The weapon fired a fifty pound, 5-inch diameter shell and was propelled by a powder charge inside a separate silk bag. It had a range of 8 miles and a speed of more than 3,100 feet per second.

The single weapon with the elaborate mount is a 5-inch 38 calibre dual purpose gun. This lighter gun offered handiness in engaging aircraft targets with the same range and hitting power of a surface mount. It was widely used on destroyers, carriers, and the later cruiser and battleship designs. The weapon could throw its 55 pound shell nine miles when fired vertically with a velocity of 3,6oo feet per second.

Placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of Interior

 
Erected by San Diego Naval Training
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Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: MilitaryWar, World IIWaterways & Vessels.
 
Location. 32° 44.188′ N, 117° 12.749′ W. Marker is in San Diego, California, in San Diego County. Marker is on Cushing Road north of Roosevelt Road, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: San Diego CA 92106, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Ingram Plaza (within shouting distance of this marker); Gun Platform No. 2 - 1945 (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named Ingram Plaza (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Command Center, Building 200 (about 700 feet away); North Chapel, Building 208 (approx. 0.2 miles away); Library Building 177 (approx. 0.2 miles away); El Desembarcadero (approx. half a mile away); USS Recruit (approx. 0.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in San Diego.
 
Additional keywords. ordnance; Liberty Station
Gun Platform No. 1 - 1945 Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Richard E. Miller, December 7, 2011
2. Gun Platform No. 1 - 1945 Marker
- on the sidewalk, lower left.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on January 28, 2012, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland. This page has been viewed 659 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on January 28, 2012, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland. • Syd Whittle was the editor who published this page.

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