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USS Wyoming (BB-32)

Once again don't believe everything you see printed on a photo.

Any 2-gunned 14" turret will be of the "turtle-backed" design (rounded top and sides) This flat-roofed turreted BB belongs to the Wyoming class (BB-32 / 33). Note the shape of gun ports in the turret and the 2 "wet" 5"/51 guns beside the turret. The lack of a second tier to the conning tower makes this the Wyoming (BB-32) rather that the Arkansas (BB-33). The open bridge and the searchlights on the crane king post platforms makes the photo pre-1917.

You can see in the picture that both forward turrets are twin turrets with flat tops and vertical sides. While the New York also had twin turrets, her turrets had curved tops and slanted sides. Every main turret on every ship built from the New York class (BB-34/35) on has slanted sides, but only the classes from South Carolina to Wyoming have both flat tops and vertical sides, and all of these have 12" guns. You can also see that the New York's turrets have smooth faces, while the faces of the turrets in the new picture have vertical objects on them. Further, the flying bridge that protrudes on both sides of the superstructure is clearly at a level above the second turret in the new picture, while in the picture of the New York it is at approximately the same level as the second turret.

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Uploaded on June 6, 2020