Posted by Tom Vargas on 5/16/2022, 12:47 am, in reply to "Black-painted barrels"
The US Navy stopped painting their gun barrels black at the turn of the 20th century. 
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It causes me to wince whenever I see a US ship with barrels painted black. It just wasn't done. Then I saw this photo (I hope the link works). It the USS Massachusetts about to be commissioned, and I honestly think all of her 5" DP barrels are painted black... https://www.facebook.com/battleship.cove/photos/a.438242976925/10160183382426926/
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