Keywords: Akagi AA gun position.jpg en A gun crew mans their weapon aboard the Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier Akagi This is a twin 120mm 45-caliber anti-aircraft gun position mounted on the port side of the carrier Note that the position is mounted too low to enable it to fire across the flight deck The photo was taken in November or December 1941 as the carrier headed towards Hawaii for the attack on Pearl Harbor cite book Goldstein Donald M Katherine V Dillon and J Michael Wenger 1991 The Way it Was Pearl Harbor The original photographs Prange Enterprises Inc and Brassey's US Inc New York 0-08-040573-8 p 40 author November or December 1941 PD-Japan-oldphoto Akagi ship 1927 Type10 12cm AA Gun Black and white photographs of warships |