6"/53 caliber gun 6"/53 caliber gun The 6"/53 caliber gun (spoken "six-inch-fifty-three-caliber") formed the main battery of some United States Navy light cruisers and three US submarines built during the 1920s. United States naval gun terminology indicates the gun fired a projectile 6 inches (15 cm) in diameter, and the barrel was 53 calibers long (barrel length is 6 inch x 53 = 318 inches or 8 meters.) The gun with side swing Welin breech block and Smith-Asbury mechanism weighed about 10 tonnes and used a silk bag containing 44-pounds (20 kg) of smokeless powder to give a 105-pound (47.6 kg) projectile a
Time Person of the Year documentary "Fahrenheit 9/11" became the highest-grossing documentary of all time the same year Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ" became a box-office success and also caused significant controversy. Moore said in an interview "I got a call right after the '04 election from an editor from "Time" Magazine. He said,' "Time" Magazine has picked you and Mel Gibson to be "Time"s Person of the Year to put on the cover, Right and Left, Mel and Mike. The only thing you have to do is pose for a picture with each other. And do an interview together.' I said 'OK.' They