She had fired 161 rounds from her guns.
Shells from her guns ranged as far as 17 nautical miles (31 km) inland in attempts to break up German concentrations and counterattacks, even though she was straddled by counterbattery fire 27 times (though never hit).
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Ripley of course blows it away with an ejaculatory bolt from her massive gun".
The bullet in her leg was a ricochet from her own gun.
She fired 52 shells that day and found that the recoil from her 18 inch gun moved her sideways with her shallow hull and also caused her to roll, which slowed her rate of fire.
At about 16:15, the U-boat, by then on the far side of the Dutch ship and out of view from Kroonland, fired three shots from her deck gun.
When the latter ship closed to within about 1.5 mile of the two Union ships, she fired one round from her bow gun that passed over Weehawken and landed near Nahant.
The battleship expended 54 rounds from her main guns, 161 from the 15 cm guns and up to 20 percent of her light antiaircraft ammunition.
