Name the barrels

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  1. JustinScott

    JustinScott Well-Known Member

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    What were the nicknames for the barrels on this ship’s big guns?

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    JustinScott, Dec 28, 2023
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    JustinScott Well-Known Member

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    Partial credit if you can name the ship…
     
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    Looks like Nelson or Rodney
     
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  4. Kotori87

    Kotori87 Well-Known Member

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    Thats a Rodney all right. The turrets are called A, B, and X. No idea about specific guns, though.
     
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  5. JustinScott

    JustinScott Well-Known Member

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    Rodney is correct!

    The three turrets from forward to aft were "A", "B" and "X". The guns received individual nicknames being known as Happy, Grumpy, Sneezy, Dopey, Sleepy, Bashful, Doc, Mickey and Minnie, sometime after the release of the film Snow White in 1937.
     
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