The destroyer Rafael Peralta fires its Mark 45 5-inch light-weight gun during a live-fire exercise while operating in the Philippine Sea in January 2023. (MC1 Greg Johnson/U.S. Navy) 27,121 people ...

Lt. Daniel Schuerman, the ship’s operations officer, shows the 5-inch/54-caliber Mark 45 gun on the foredeck of the USS William P. Lawrence during a tour Sunday in Juneau.

The Mark-45 five-inch deck gun mounted on US destroyers and cruisers was first deployed in 1971. The naval artillery gun is made to hit surface, air, ...

The Mk 45 is the lightest, most compact, 5-inch fully automatic naval gun in the world and is the most widely deployed, to the U.S. Navy and other allied navies.

Gunner’s Mate 2nd Class Jacob Scott, from Dunlap, adjusts the fire mode on the Mark 45 5-inch light-weight gun from inside the gun mount aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer ...

The Arleigh-Burke class guided-missile destroyer USS Sampson (DDG 102) fires its Mark 45 5-inch gun during a live-fire exercise in 2017. U.S. Navy / Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Chanel L ...

The U.S. Navy expanded a contract with BAE Systems, awarding the company more money to upgrade and overhaul the service's Mk 45 naval gun systems in an effort to improve their long-range strike ...

The Mark-45 five-inch deck gun mounted on US destroyers and cruisers was first deployed in 1971. The naval artillery gun is made to hit surface, air, ...