ʌnlˈaɪk ðə tˈɜːɹɪts ɪnðə kəntˈɛmpɚɹˌɛɹi ɐmˈɛɹɪkən mˈɑːnɪɾɚz, ðə tˈɜːɹɪts wɜː ɹoʊtˈeɪɾᵻd baɪ hˈænd; ˈeɪtiːn mˈɛn kʊd tˈɜːn ɐ tˈɜːɹɪt θɹuː θɹˈiːhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti dᵻɡɹˈiːz ɪn ɐbˌaʊt ɐ mˈɪnɪt.
Unlike the turrets in the contemporary American monitors, the turrets were rotated by hand; eighteen men could turn a turret through 360 degrees in about a minute.