12-inch/40-caliber gun

The 12"/40 caliber gun (spoken as "twelve-inch-forty--caliber") were used for the primary batteries of the United States Navy's last class of monitors and the Maine-class and Virginia-class pre-dreadnought battleships.

12-inch/40-caliber gun

The 12"/40 caliber gun (spoken as "twelve-inch-forty--caliber") were used for the primary batteries of the United States Navy's last class of monitors and the Maine-class and Virginia-class pre-dreadnought battleships.