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Used by the Navy and Coast Guard from 1890 through 1990, the early model had a projectile velocity of 2,100 feet per second. Low-angle mountings for this gun had a range of 7000 yards at the maximum elevation of 15 degrees. It was found on only a few Coast Guard cutters by WWII and was originally mounted to ships through the early 1920s.
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