What U.S. battleship was called “Puff the Magic Dragon”?
By The spring of 1966 the C-47, the military version of the Douglas DC-3 transport, was armed with three 7.62 mm miniguns, electrically powered versions of the Gatling gun, each capable of firing six thousand rounds per minute. The appearance of its tracers earned this gunship the moniker “Puff the Magic Dragon.” …