An item reported that the American scout cruiser Salem was to be armed with 2-12,7cm quick firing guns and 6-7,6cm quick firing guns. The ammunition was partially stored in a spare magazines forwards and aft and the ammunition prepared for use in a magazine from where elevators transported 12 rounds in a minute.(1)
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1. The CL-3. Building ordered on 27 April 1904, laid down at the Fore River Shipyard, Quincy Point, Quincy, Massachusetts, USA on 28 August 1905, launched on 27 July 1907 and finally stricken on 13 November 1929.
