history · 30 March 1942 · 83 years ago
Captain Takayanagi conducted armament trials at a range of 23 miles, observed by Admiral Yamamoto, in the Inland Sea. The trials were judged a failure. Both Takayanagi and his gunnery officer were upbraided because gun aimers manning the main rangefinder misread the horizontal settings.
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