| Firing Dates | Quantities |
|
Operation |
14" | 5" |
14" |
5" |
. |
3" |
40mm |
20mm |
|
|
Morocco, N Africa, 8-15 Nov 1942 |
8 & 10 |
10 |
273 |
6 |
. |
unk |
Not aboard |
unk |
|
|
Normandy, France, 6 - 18 June 1944, target table |
6-8 & 15 |
6-8 |
690 |
272 |
. |
0 |
192 |
0 |
|
|
Cherbourg, France, 25 June 1944. |
25 | . |
208 |
0 |
. |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
Southern France, 15 - 17 Aug 1944 |
15 | . |
172 |
0 |
. |
121 |
492 |
0 |
|
|
Iwo Jima, Japan, 16 Feb - 7 Mar 1945 action report |
16-21 Feb |
17-20 Feb |
923 |
967 |
. |
4 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
Okinawa, Japan, 25 Mar - 14 May 1945 action report
|
Mar 25-31 Apr 1-3, 13, 14, 16, 19-21, 25-30 May 3, 5-11 |
Mar 27-30 Apr 1-2, 13 -14, 19-20, 27, 30 |
2,019 |
2,640 |
. |
490 |
3,100 |
2,275 |
|
|
TOTALS |
. | . |
4,305 |
3,885 |
615 |
3,784 |
2,275 |
||
Source: War Diaries and Action Reports Notes:
- Largest Quantity 14" Shells Fired in One Day: 445 - 6 June 1944
- Largest Quantity 14" Shells Continuously Fired in One Period: 255 - 0550 to 0624, 6 June 1944, at Point du Hoe, during the Normandy France Invasion. The average rate of fire was 7.5 shells every minute for 34 minutes.
- Okinawa 1945 - qty 5-inch shells fired vs qty 14-inch shells fired: The 5" gun crew fired more shells with only 30 percent of the gun barrels of the 14-inch guns. Only 3 5-inch guns could fire at any one time while all 10 14-inch guns could fire at once.
