1950 - Korean War: USS Missouri (BB-63) Loading & Firing 16” Guns. 04-09Sep50

1950 - Korean War: USS Missouri (BB-63) Loading & Firing 16” Guns. 04-09Sep50 Slate: 04Sep50 Main battery firing. Number 3 turret (16") firing starboard aboard USS MISSOURI (BB63) Number 2 turret firing starboard. Bow area of the MISSOURI underway number 2 turret training to center line. 03:16:32 CU 16" projectile coming up on projectile hoist (interior turret). Gun chamber rammerman depressing hydraulic lever. 03:17:16 MCU High capacity projectile turning on projectile ring & being pulled into projectile hoist by parbukler operator. 03:18:33 MCU Turrets 1 & 2 (16") training and elevating. 03:18:55 Slate: 04Sep50. Skidmore (camera?) 03:18:58 CU Turret captain giving word: "Stand by" then "Load". (two views) 03:19:59 Slate. same. Explosion occurring in water near beach shrubbery in FG flat land and water. 03:21:00 Slate: 09Sep50. MS TURRETS 1 & 2 (16") being elevated; superstructure of the MISSOURI in BG; radar revolving atop. 03:21:50 Slate: Interior, No. 1 Turret, main battery. 03:21:54 CU Turret Captain. CU Breech coming up on gun. CU Rammerman standing by open breech. CU Breech is opened; 16" shall loaded into breech . 03:23:37 Powder bag coming up on hoist from magazine, being unloaded. 03:24:00 Slate: illegible. MCU Turret captain giving the orders: "Stand by"; "Load. War Ships; Sailors Training; VERY GOOD shots & exposure. NOTE: Probably training firing just prior to reaching Korea 14Sep50 & bombarding Korea 15Sep50.