cammerjeff
Staff Sergeant
Just speculation on my part, but I think they would lower the gun and rotate it so the barrel pointed aft of the ship, then use the platform just forward of the gun and the boom crane to load it. I can't imagine it was a fast or easy process however they did it. And judging by the fact it was the only Soviet Destroyer so modified, and the fact that it was removed before its WWII service, it was very successful. It would be an interesting show to watch though!