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The battleship USS New Mexico (BB-40), loading projectiles for her 14-inch/50-caliber guns prior to the invasion of Guam, July 1944. The yellow noses of the projectiles indicate these were the Mark 19 High Capacity rounds, each weighing 1,275 lb (578 kg). The New Mexico class carried twelve 14”50 guns, each of which could fire at a rate of two rounds per minute. (80-G-K-14228).
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Inch High Guy 
What’s going on with those two guys in their skivvies on the lower left? Off watch?
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Yep, just getting a tan! If you weren’t in a Deck or Gunnery Division you likely weren’t involved in the ammo loading. There could be exceptions, of course.
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Jeff, were the high capacity rounds armor-piercing or high explosive?
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Yes, the nomenclature is sometimes obtuse. “High Capacity” has a High Explosive filler.
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Thanks Jeff. I have been listening to “The Unauthorized History of the Pacific War” and they’ve got several episodes on Samar, Surigao Strait, etc. and the ammo capacity of the various ships, i.e.: how much armor piercing they were carrying versus HE because they’d been involved in shore bombardment, etc., so it was just on my mind.
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Very few targets require AP, mainly other BBs or the big concrete bunkers.
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Exactly, and since they’d been supporting landings, their loadout was HE heavy, and they weren’t as prepared as they might’ve been for the encounter. Turned out well though! 😉
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Are those powder charges atop the turrets?
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Those are the floats of what was called floater nets. The powder bags were kept in cans until ready for use.
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