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Source: 'The Sound of Freedom: Naval Weapons Technology at Dahlgren, Virginia,' by James P. Rife and Rodney P. Carlisle
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This 8-inch lightweight gun has just fired a semi-active laser guided projectile (insert image). Its installation and test firing aboard the USS HULL (DD-945) in April 1975 represented the first time that a major-caliber gun was successfully mated to a destroyer-sized warship. |
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