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Naval Ordnance, 1937
Chapter VI — Construction of Naval Guns

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Chapter VI of Naval Ordnance, 1937 covers the manufacture of built-up naval guns from raw material through final inspection. Topics include furnace practice, ingots, the Whitworth process, forgings, tempering and annealing, testing machines, summary of manufacturing steps, turning, boring, indicators, bore searching, star gauge, shrinkage, assembling parts, lining the gun, finishing, final turning, rifling, determination of droop, lapping, fitting the breech mechanism, milling the keyway, putting on the yoke, and final inspection. Thirty-five page scans and 4 technical plates (document pp. 118–152).

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Naval Ordnance 1937, Chapter VI: Construction of Naval Guns — Plate I-B
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Naval Ordnance 1937, Chapter VI: Construction of Naval Guns — Plate IX-A
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