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Comments by "" (@RedXlV) on "A ship that refused to die - USS Marblehead, her crew and a voyage around the world" video.
1:27 As can be seen in this photo (taken in 1932), USS Marblehead had a superfiring turret mounted on top of the aft superstructure to replace the lower aft casements that had been removed because they were too wet to be of any use. This modification unique among the Omaha-class; the rest of the ships simply lost those two casemate guns with no replacement. This turret seems to have been removed before WW2, though. And after her repairs in New York, that deck space was filled with a twin 40mm Bofors mount. (Something her crew no doubt wished had been there during the Japanese air attack.)
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@billbrockman779 I've always found it immensely disappointing that World of Warships didn't give Marblehead that unique layout, despite the in-game flavor text about the ship even mentioning it.
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