Firing the 5"/54 (12.7cm) on USS Benfold
DDG-65 in April 1997
Note the projectile on the left side
US Navy Photograph No. 970416-N-4142G-002
Installing a 5"/54 (12.7 cm) Mark 45 mount
Photograph copyrighted by United
Defense
Barrel cleaning on USS Hopper DDG-70
US Navy Photograph No. 020805-N-3580W-005
Rear view of 5"/54 Mark 45 aboard USS Benfold
(DDG-65) in July 2002
Note the framing of the Mark 45 and the
canvas-covered 0.50" BMG Mount on starboard side
US Navy Photograph No. 020728-N-5067K-004
Gunner's Mate 3rd Class Arthur Bilbey stacking
ammunition on USS Curtis Wilbur DDG-54 in January 2005
U.S. Navy Photograph No. 050111-N-9851B-010
Loading 5"/54 ammunition into storage racks
aboard USS John Young (DD-973) in February 1998
U.S. Navy Photograph No. 980209-N-4142G-003
Diagram of 5"/54 (12.7 cm) Mark 45 Mod
0
Sketch copyrighted by United
Defense
Ammunition types used on the 5"/54 (12.7
cm) and one for the 16"/50 (40.6 cm) Mark
7
Sketch of Mark 64 Projectile
Cutaway view of Mark 88 Illumination Projectile
Components of Mark 88 Illumination Projectile
Page History
11 November 2008 - Benchmark
16 June 2010 - Added sketches of Illumination
Round