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A fact from 14-inch/50-caliber railway gun appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 17 March 2009, and was viewed approximately 25,642 times (disclaimer) (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the 14"/50 caliber railway guns (pictured), used in France during World War I, were created when the U.S. Navy mounted five spare battleship guns on specially-made railway cars?

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IIRC, the Smithsonian Institution had a 1/48 (or 1/32, it seemed fairly large in size) scale model on display at the National Museum of American History for a long time. It's been a while since my last visit so I can't say if it's still on display.--Phyllis1753 (talk) 16:12, 17 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Fate?

Just a thought, but after WWI what happened to these guns used in France?

Were they shipped back to the US, sold off or were they scrapped?

Did any of these guns end up in coastal service? Like the MKIIs. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.162.194.65 (talk) 16:36, 17 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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evedently the U.S.Army upgraded this to an M1920MI on an M1920 railroad mount. to back up coast arty.Brian in denver (talk) 23:24, 6 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]