5 inch/54 caliber Mark 42 gun

American naval artillery
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5 inch/54 caliber Mark 42 gun

Summary

5 inch/54 caliber Mark 42 gun is an artillery model[1]. It draws 85 Wikipedia views per month (artillery_model category, ranking #208 of 968).[2]

Key Facts

  • 5 inch/54 caliber Mark 42 gun's image is recorded as 5 inch Mark 42 on USS Turner Joy (DD-951), front.jpg[3].
  • 5 inch/54 caliber Mark 42 gun's instance of is recorded as artillery model[4].
  • 5 inch/54 caliber Mark 42 gun's operator is recorded as United States Navy[5].
  • 5 inch/54 caliber Mark 42 gun's subclass of is recorded as rifled breech loader[6].
  • 5 inch/54 caliber Mark 42 gun's subclass of is recorded as naval artillery[7].
  • 5 inch/54 caliber Mark 42 gun's Commons category is recorded as 5"/54 caliber Mark 42 gun[8].
  • 5 inch/54 caliber Mark 42 gun's country of origin is recorded as United States[9].
  • 5 inch/54 caliber Mark 42 gun's participated in conflict is recorded as Vietnam War[10].
  • 5 inch/54 caliber Mark 42 gun's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03gzwy9[11].
  • 5 inch/54 caliber Mark 42 gun's service entry is recorded as +1953-01-01T00:00:00Z[12].
  • 5 inch/54 caliber Mark 42 gun's caliber is recorded as {'unit': 'Q218593', 'amount': '+5'}[13].

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Designation and Status

5 inch/54 caliber Mark 42 gun's instance of is recorded as artillery model[4].

Why It Matters

5 inch/54 caliber Mark 42 gun draws 85 Wikipedia views per month (artillery_model category, ranking #208 of 968).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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