Keywords: HMAS Bataan guns firing 1948 AWM 304898.jpg AWM caption PRACTICE FIRING OF THE FORWARD 4 7 INCH GUNS ABOARD THE DESTROYER HMAS BATAAN SEEN FROM THE HIGH ANGLE DIRECTOR THE LEFT HAND GUN OF B MOUNTING HAS JUST FIRED AND THE HOT GASSES ARE BEING EXPELLED FROM THE TUBE THE RIGHT HAND GUN IS FULLY RECOILED NOTE THE AERIALS OF THE TYPE 285 FIRE CONTROL RADAR IN THE FOREGROUND IMMEDIATELY BELOW THE LOW ANGLE DIRECTOR IS TRAINED TO PORT TO CONTROL THE GUNS NOTE THE SIGHTING VANE ON ITS ROOF THE BRIDGE CREW ACCOMPANIED BY A CIVILIAN WATCH THE PROGRESS OF THE SHOOT 304898 NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION 1948 not stated Copyright expired - public domain PD-AustraliaGov HMAS Bataan I91 ship 1944 QF 4 7 inch Mk IX Mk XII naval gun Bataan |