I don’t know about Louisville, but the Washington Navy Yard Gun Factory,
according to the WW2 administrative history, produced guns and “turret
components.” As they tended to build the first working model of new gun
designs (such as the 16″/50, 12″/50, 8″/55 and 6″/47), presumably that
included “gun mounts.” The history specifically stated the factory
built the 5″/25 submarine guns and gun mounts.

The general tone of the history was that the Gun Factory’s job was to
set standards for the armaments industry, supply emergency orders to
repair battle-damage, develop new gun designs and turret models, and
fill small, short-term emergency orders ranging from steel and iron
castings to breech mechanisms. They also worked on producing
lightweight radially-expanded guns.

Timothy L. Francis
Historian
Naval Historical Center
email address: Francis.Timothy@nhc.navy.mil
voice: (202) 433-6802

> ———-
> From: Brooks A Rowlett[SMTP:brooksar@indy.net]
> Reply To: mahan@microworks.net
> Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 1998 8:30 PM
> To: mahan@microworks.net
> Cc: MARHST-L@POST.QUEENSU.CA
> Subject: Re: USS NEW ORLEANSreplacement turret – solved
>
[snip]
> Did the US Washington Navy Yard Naval gun Factory (and later the Naval
> Ordnance Station Lousville) produce mounts as well, or just guns?
>
> -Brooks
>