This may "bump" the old record into second place.

Longest Gunfire Hit on an Enemy Warship

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That comes out around 14.92 miles hitting a moving target.

Nice shooting Fritz !!

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Does splinter damage count as "hitting"? If so there's are a couple more ships that need to be added to the long range champs.

That's really hard to believe, I'm not saying it didn't happen, just really sounds almost inpossible! 15 miles!! On a moving target! Wow, that is nice shootin'!

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