Their naval gunnery required the work along the river by Union besiegers to be done at night.
Furthermore, naval gunnery was too inaccurate to hit targets at a longer range.
Here, he demonstrated an interest in and an aptitude for naval gunnery which ever after was central to his career.
As a young officer, Sims sought to reform naval gunnery by improving target practice.
In naval gunnery, when long-range guns became available, an enemy ship would move some distance after the shells were fired.
His dedication to naval gunnery also became apparent.
All Navy and Army reports agreed the most effective naval gunnery was "small ship direct fire support of infantry".
In ten days, he would orchestrate a "Sunday punch" of notably ferocious naval gunnery.
Their naval gunnery has a high rapid-fire capacity at range.
The naval gunnery probably loosened them in many places.