The gun was first deployed in 1971 as the Mk 45 Mod 0, and has been updated in the more than five decades since.

The USS Enterprise (CV-6), an aircraft carrier, was the most decorated American naval vessel to fight in World War II and ...

The U.S. Navy’s newest Arleigh Burke class of guided-missile destroyers are armed with the Mk 45 five-inch 54/62 caliber guns, which can fire 16 to 20 rounds per minute to a range of 13 nautical ...

According to the Allies, one of the most critical aspects of winning World War II was establishing air superiority over ...

(U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command) Using smoke to conceal its movements, Roberts closed the range on heavy cruiser Chokai to 4,000 yards — too close for it to depress its 8-inch main guns — ...

According to McLane, the Navy fired 120 SM-2 missiles, 80 SM-6 missiles, and 20 Evolved ... with ships' guns and aircraft. McLane said in one instance, the USS O'Kane used her 5-inch deck gun ...

Very early in the Red Sea conflict, a Navy destroyer also managed to shoot down some combination of drones or missiles with its 5-inch deck gun -- another unorthodox tactic. The Navy's commander ...

Doug Hegdahl, the subject of Marc Leepson’s “The Unlikely War Hero: A Vietnam War POW’s Story of Courage and Resilience in ...

POLE APART. In Grand Junction, Colo., a shiny new police car drove into a municipal parking lot on a routine assignment, slowly cruised around as the driver checked the left side and his companion ...

SEVENTY-NINE YEARS ago the end was in sight for World War 2. Germany unconditionally surrendered on May 7, 1945. Japan unconditionally surrendered on September 2, 1945.