Mark 12 5"/38 Cal Gun Assembly
Each mount carries one or two Mk 12 5"/38cal Gun Assemblies. The gun assembly shown is used in single mounts, and it is the right gun in twin mounts. It is loaded from the left side. The left gun in twin mounts is the mirror image of the right gun, and it is loaded from the right side. The Mk12 gun assembly weighs 3,990 lb (1,810 kg). The Mark 12 Gun Assembly was introduced in 1934, where it was first used in single pedestal mounts on the Farragut class destroyers, but by the time of World War II they had been installed in single and twin mounts on nearly every major warship and auxiliary in the US fleet.
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