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Here we see the battleship USS Maryland (BB-46) and the Clemson class destroyers USS Hovey (DD-208) and USS Long (DD-209) in the Miraflores Lock on the Panama Canal on 24 April 1931.
Each 16in gun on the Maryland weighed 105 tons, for a total of 840 tons for the guns alone, which each individual twin gun turret weighed more than a Clemson class destroyer! As this picture shows, the turrets were also wider than the destroyers! Note the two biplanes stored above the rear turrets of the Maryland.