OK, rounds fired w/o stipulations on circumstances. Now the well duh moment! The Gunnery Training ship USS Wyoming!! Firing rounds all day & probably every day in the Chesapeake Bay.

Man you should not have given the answer, a hint would have sufficed.

How many?

Originally Posted by MontyB

Man you should not have given the answer, a hint would have sufficed.

Well, it has been 3 weeks since posting.

Still, a few hints may encourage more responses.
I generally try not to answer the questions myself but rather offer ideas to lead anyone else reading to the answer.

But you have not stated the number of rounds. Yes, I know what Wiki says, but the USS Wyoming article, likewise, does not present a number. And if you put some study to the matter you would know that rounds expended in training are by far exceeded by those expended in action . . . can USS Wyoming beat 42,000 plus not counting 40 mm, 1.1 in, 20 mm or .50 cal rounds expended by a single ship?

I suspect the argument is that a ship firing daily in a training role over time will use more ammunition than a ship in action for maybe a few days in its career.

The number of AAA rounds used during operations against Kamikazi was phenomenal but they were not constantly in action.

Originally Posted by MontyB

I suspect the argument is that a ship firing daily in a training role over time will use more ammunition than a ship in action for maybe a few days in its career.

The number of AAA rounds used during operations against Kamikazi was phenomenal but they were not constantly in action.

That would seem to be the case, and it would be logical.

Originally Posted by RLeonard

But you have not stated the number of rounds. Yes, I know what Wiki says, but the USS Wyoming article, likewise, does not present a number. And if you put some study to the matter you would know that rounds expended in training are by far exceeded by those expended in action . . . can USS Wyoming beat 42,000 plus not counting 40 mm, 1.1 in, 20 mm or .50 cal rounds expended by a single ship?

Interestingly enough it isn't just Wiki giving the title to the Wyoming as Online Congressional records also note the USS Wyoming as being the ship that "shot off more rounds than any other ship during World War 2" in a couple of places.

Anyway, perhaps someone can come up with another question.

Originally Posted by MontyB

Anyway, perhaps someone can come up with another question.

hopefully it won't be another 2 years before someone asks again!