The big guns on the Iowa,New Jersey,Wisconsin and Missouri were 16"-55 caliber. The barrels were 73'-4" long. They had replaceable liners inside that would wear and get longer as the number of rounds fired increased.
In the early 70s I was the storage officer at the supply depot in Subic. Among some 50,000 spare parts we had 3 spare 16" barrels in outside storage and 3 breech blocks crated in inside storage. Every year the caps on the barrels were removed and the insides were recoated and then resealed. The barrels sat in cradles like the ones in JD's video. They were an awesome sight. The Navy got out of Subic in '92 following the Mt. Pinatubo eruption in '91. Don't know if the barrels were taken out or just left there.
The Arizona is still in commission and flies the U.S. flag.
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