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5"/38 caliber gun

United States naval gun
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5"/38 caliber gun
Official US Naval Shipyard Hunters Point, San Francisco, California · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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5"/38 caliber gun

Summary

5"/38 caliber gun is an artillery model[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of artillery_model entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (423 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • 5"/38 caliber gun's image is recorded as Forward gun turrets of USS David W. Taylor (DD-551) at Hunters Point Naval Shipyard, California (USA), on 23 April 1945.jpg[3].
  • 5"/38 caliber gun's instance of is recorded as artillery model[4].
  • 5"/38 caliber gun's subclass of is recorded as artillery gun[5].
  • 5"/38 caliber gun's Commons category is recorded as 5"/38 caliber gun[6].
  • 5"/38 caliber gun's country of origin is recorded as United States[7].
  • 5"/38 caliber gun's participated in conflict is recorded as World War II[8].
  • 5"/38 caliber gun's participated in conflict is recorded as Korean War[9].
  • 5"/38 caliber gun's participated in conflict is recorded as Vietnam War[10].
  • 5"/38 caliber gun's participated in conflict is recorded as Gulf War[11].
  • 5"/38 caliber gun's participated in conflict is recorded as Falklands War[12].
  • 5"/38 caliber gun's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0dc__f[13].
  • 5"/38 caliber gun's service entry is recorded as +1934-01-01T00:00:00Z[14].
  • 5"/38 caliber gun's service retirement is recorded as +1990-01-01T00:00:00Z[15].
  • 5"/38 caliber gun's described by source is recorded as Drachinifel[16].
  • 5"/38 caliber gun's used by is recorded as United States Navy[17].
  • 5"/38 caliber gun's used by is recorded as United States Coast Guard[18].
  • 5"/38 caliber gun's used by is recorded as Royal Navy[19].
  • 5"/38 caliber gun's used by is recorded as Royal Danish Navy[20].
  • 5"/38 caliber gun's used by is recorded as Italian Navy[21].
  • 5"/38 caliber gun's used by is recorded as Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force[22].
  • 5"/38 caliber gun's used by is recorded as Republic of Vietnam Navy[23].
  • 5"/38 caliber gun's muzzle velocity is recorded as {'unit': 'Q182429', 'amount': '+790'}[24].
  • 5"/38 caliber gun's caliber is recorded as {'unit': 'Q174789', 'amount': '+127'}[25].

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Designation and Status

5"/38 caliber gun's instance of is recorded as artillery model[4].

Why It Matters

5"/38 caliber gun ranks in the top 8% of artillery_model entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (423 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] It is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

Related Entities

United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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