Gun Sight Mk14 Gunner's Operating Bulletin 2

cover of 2025.1001.102

cover of 2025.1001.102

Name/Title

Gun Sight Mk14 Gunner's Operating Bulletin 2

Entry/Object ID

2025.1001.102

Description

Instruction manual for the Mark 14 gun sight for 20mm Oerlikons made by the United States Fleet, headquarters of the Commander in Chief in 1944.

Context

Battleship Texas largely escorted Allied ships across the Atlantic from January 1943 to April 22, 1944. She mainly sailed from New York to either the UK, Gibraltar, or Casablanca. Sailors and marines often received manuals with relevant information for their position within the crew of Battleship Texas.

Collection

Purchases, Historical Collections

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Manual, Training

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Manual

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Instructional Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Publication Details

Publisher

United States Fleet

Date Published

circa 1944