![]() ![]() Julius Caesar indicates the use of ship-borne catapults against Britons ashore in his Commentarii de Bello Gallico. The idea of ship-borne artillery dates back to the classical era. Origins The Battle of Arnemuiden saw the first use of artillery on board ships. The term generally refers to tube-launched projectile-firing weapons and excludes self-propelled projectiles such as torpedoes, rockets, and missiles and those simply dropped overboard such as depth charges and naval mines. Naval artillery is artillery mounted on a warship, originally used only for naval warfare and then subsequently used for more specialized roles in surface warfare such as naval gunfire support (NGFS) and anti-aircraft warfare (AAW) engagements. USS Iowa fires a broadside of nine 16"/50 and six 5"/38 guns during an exercise ![]() Men of USS Kearsarge cheering after firing a smoothbore Dahlgren gun during the Battle of Cherbourg in 1864. ![]()
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