At 04:08 PM 7/5/00 -0400, Rayfield , Robert S Jr Mr DUSA-IA/Techmatics wrote:
>
>8 inch guns at Subic would have been for WW II-era 8 in gunned heavy
>cruisers during Vietnam War (SAINT PAUL CA-73; NEWPORT NEWS CA-148, CANBERRA
>CA-70/CAG-2 and BOSTON CA-69/CAG-1).
Newport News wasn't a WWII heavy cruiser, and her guns were different from
the others (though the barrells and linings may have been interchangeable).
Newport News had cartridge ammo, RF, automatic 8" rifles.
Steve Allen
BTW, USS Salem, her sister, survives: see www.uss-salem.org
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