Keywords: 16inchload.jpg en Cutaway diagram of a loaded 16-inch gun on an Iowa-class battleship Six powder bags sit behind the projectile in the gun's breech The ram arm which shoved the bags into the breech is still extended The spanning tray and cradle are also still extended The lever above the cradle is used by the rammerman to control the ram cite book Thompson II Charles C 1999 A Glimpse of Hell The Explosion on the USS Iowa and Its Cover-Up W W Norton ISBN 0393047148 p 86 US Navy Source states that the image was provided by the US Navy making it a public domain image PD-USGov-Military-Navy 16 /50 caliber Mark 7 gun |