Firing Key Mk XVI, Mod 9

Object/Artifact

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National Museum of the Surface Navy at the Battleship IOWA

3000176 Key

3000176 Key

Name/Title

Firing Key Mk XVI, Mod 9

Entry/Object ID

3000176

Description

Firing key Mk XVI, Mod 9. Brass with a neoprene rubber sheathed electrical cable and a wound steel wire strain relief. The trigger activates a snap-action momentary electrical switch to complete the firing circuit. Mounted on a wooden plaque. A similar type of key could be used for the salvo signal circuit. In a 16 inch main battery turret, several positions would have to act together to close the firing circuit when the turret is under local control.