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3"/50 Deck Gun, Gato Class
Gunny
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Posted: Tuesday, January 01, 2008 - 02:15 AM UTC
Ahoy mates,

Armorama Staffer Bill Plunk recently went on a trip to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and took a "closer look" for us at a 3"/50 deck gun mount, common to the Gato class submarine, in the second of THREE fantastic reference image features here at MSW sent in by Bill...

Enjoy!

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If you have comments or questions please post them here.

Thanks Bill!
~Gunny
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Posted: Tuesday, January 01, 2008 - 05:44 PM UTC
Looking at these photo's reminded me of the time my oldest boy and I got to spend the night in a "Gato"


Side

Front

Deck gun

torpedo

Great night with the scouts and I may make this a build in 2008 depending on my wife buying me a really good b-day gift in Feb......
Gunny
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Posted: Tuesday, January 01, 2008 - 10:13 PM UTC
Nice shots, Frank, thanks for sharing!
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