Prinz Eugen is the ship who fired most rounds WW2 ???

[Karl234]

May be Prince Eugen is the ship in the class of the heavy ships who fired most artillerie-gun rounds in WW2.
The inside gun tubes were two times or more changed in her career. In the Baltic Sea near the end of WW2 the Prince Eugen fired thousands of rounds on land targets and much operations before.

Is inWW2 a ship from cruiser-class to battleship-class who fired more rounds?

[Erich]

how about the Admiral Hipper ?

viele Grüße

Erich

[Erich]

it appears the Prinz is # 1 of the Kreuzers with some 4,871 rounds of here main armament and 2,500 rounds from the 10.5cm's for off shore bombarding in March of 1945.,

the Admiral Scheer although a heavier ship was also used in the bombarding of Soveit postions in 1945...........

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[Jan-Hendrik]

Not to forget the "Lützow" ex "Deutschland" that took part in this Heer-helping in 1944/45 , too !

Jan-Hendrik

[Andy H]

Is inWW2 a ship from cruiser-class to battleship-class who fired more rounds?

Within the Axis realm I doubt it, though I would imagine several Allied ships would surpass it.

Andy H

[Erich]

Jan do you own Hans Georg Prager's book on Panzerschiffe Deutschland/Lützow bei Koehler verlag ? I am thinking very seriously in picking up a copy......

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[Jan-Hendrik]

I had in until last weekend , borrowed from my uncle . I would recommend it!

Jan-Hendrik

[Erich]

thank you for that note Jan. does it cover much on the last months of action in the Baltic ?

the price of 12/90 Euros seems quite fair.

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[Jan-Hendrik]

Yes , even until the bitter end ! That was one of the reasons why I wanted to read it . My family is from Pomerania , so I am always looking for got material covering the year 1945 in this area !

Jan-Hendrik

[Erich]

excellent ! a good friend here served in MarineFlak at Kiel and then in a KM land-division in the Baltic and watched the shore bombardments take place by the heavy ships, Prinz E., Sheer and Lützow.

[Jan-Hendrik]

Oh , I read many stories from Heer-veterans how thankful they were for the aid by the "Dickschiffe" in their hopeless situation .

Jan-Hendrik

[Karl234]

it appears the Prinz is # 1 of the Kreuzers with some 4,871 rounds of here main armament and 2,500 rounds from the 10.5cm's for off shore bombarding in March of 1945.,

the Admiral Scheer although a heavier ship was also used in the bombarding of Soveit postions in 1945...........

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During the Operation Cerberus she expends over 5,000 rounds of AA ammunition, and fires some heavy shells at British destroyers.

Under the fact in how much dangerous operations the Prince Eugen was involved and when you compair it with the risk what this more small ship compaired to battleships had, may be successfullest ship in WW2.

[Karl234]

Is inWW2 a ship from cruiser-class to battleship-class who fired more rounds?

Within the Axis realm I doubt it, though I would imagine several Allied ships would surpass it.

Andy H

May be some US-battleships who operated in the pacific during the island-hoppings, but i dont think so. You have facts about that? Changing the inner tubes of main guns?

[JamesL]

"The USS SALT LAKE CITY (heavy cruiser) fired more than 6,697,912 pounds of shells (41,833 Rounds); 21,473 rounds (5,582,980 Pounds) from her 10 eight inch guns and 20,360 rounds (1,114,931 pounds) from her eight 5 inch guns in addition to uncounted 40 and 20MM projectiles."

Quote from Officers Deck Log.

http://sandysq.gcinet.net/uss_salt_lake ... 929-45.htm


Battles: Marshall Islands, Doolittle Raid, Cape Esperance , Komandorskie-Aleutians Islands, Gilberts, Philippines, Iwo Jima, Okinawa.

[Karl234]

"The USS SALT LAKE CITY .

Thats much...
To deny this i need more exact information about Prince Eugen`s operations.