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Is 37mm or 47mm the proper deck gun for Tea?

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37mm or 47mm deck gun 1917 tea party

New York, 1917. “Actors’ Fund Fair.” 5×7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection, via Shorpy.

The Navy deck guns on loan look to be either Hotchkiss 1-pdr (37mm) or 3-pdr (47mm) breechloaders, which by 1917 were thoroughly obsolete. I’m about 99 percent sure its they are the smaller guns due to the shoulder braces.



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