MAKE A MEME
View Large Image
| View Original: | USS_Iowa_(BB-61)_ramming_powder_bags.jpg (2868x1959) | |||
| Download: | Original | Medium | Small | Thumb |
| Courtesy of: | commons.wikimedia.org | More Like This | ||
| Keywords: USS Iowa (BB-61) ramming powder bags.jpg en DN-SC-91-03644 - The gun captain of the center Mark 7 16-inch/50-caliber gun in the No 2 turret aboard the battleship USS IOWA BB-61 gives the signal to ram the powder bags on the spanning tray into the gun's chamber The crew is loading what will be the 1 000th round fired by the IOWAs 16-inch guns since the ship's recommissioning The panel opposite the gun captain with the red line is the door to the powder hoist from which the bags are delivered to the gun from the powder room at the base of the turret At left the rammerman operates the lever which uses hydraulics to ram the projectiles and powder bags into the gun's breech The rammerman must carefully operate the ram lever as an overram could jam the powder bags and/or projectile too far into the gun causing a dangerous situation On 19 April 1989 this same gun exploded and killed 47 crewmembers in the turret The explosion is theorized to have been caused by an overram of five bags of D-846 powder http //www defenseimagery mil/imagery html a search s DN-SC-91-03644 chk 40ffc rad 0 DoD Media image number DN-SC-91-03644 JPEG PHAN William Holck USN 1986-12-14 Image USS Iowa BB-61 placing powder bags jpg is moments earlier in the sequence of images showing the door to the powder hoist open PD-USN Aboard USS Iowa BB-61 Loading weapons 16 /50 caliber Mark 7 gun Ammunition Cold War and Modern artillery ammunition | ||||
_ramming_powder_bags.jpg){kind=link}
