Photo #: NH 78047
USS Florida (BB-30)
Loading drill on one of the ship's 5"/51 secondary battery
guns, 1915.
Note projectile, bagged powder charge, rammer, opened gun breech
mechanism, sighting telescope on left side of gun, and telephone
"talker" standing near the gun. Also note that one
of the guncrewmen has bare feet.
Collection of Admiral Montgomery M. Taylor, USN, 1962.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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