− | ''This is a large-caliber main gun developed and deployed by the US as the standard issue main weapon of their front-line battleships.<br>It was the main gun of the USS [[South Dakota]], who participated in the Pacific War with a carrier task force,<br>and fought a fierce night battle with a [[Kirishima|Japanese fast battleship]] and torpedo squadrons in the Southern Solomon Sea. | + | ''This is a large-caliber main gun developed and deployed by the US as the standard issue main weapon of their front-line battleships.<br>It was the main gun of the USS "[[South Dakota]]", who participated in the Pacific War with a carrier task force, and fought a fierce night battle with a [[Kirishima|Japanese fast battleship]] and torpedo squadrons in the Southern Solomon Sea. |