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Demolished No. 3 5-inch gun mount aboard USS Nicholas shortly after 13 May 1943. During an early morning shore bombardment, the gun suffered a hang fire and the hot gun set off the shell inside the barrel. No casualties

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Caption     Demolished No. 3 5-inch gun mount aboard USS Nicholas shortly after 13 May 1943. During an early morning shore bombardment, the gun suffered a hang fire and the hot gun set off the shell inside the barrel. No casualties ww2dbase
WW2-Era Location Name Solomon Islands, British Western Pacific Territories
Date  Jun 1943
Photographer    Unknown
 
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Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Navy via NavSource
Link to Source    Link
 
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Added By David Stubblebine
Photo Size 636 x 821 pixels



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1. Commenter identity confirmed David Stubblebine says:
13 Jun 2023 10:27:50 PM

In this same action, destroyer USS Chevalier suffered a similar explosion to her No. 4 gun, also with no casualties. Note Nicholas’s torpedo tubes in the lower left and the depth charge launchers along the rail.

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