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80-G-K-6035 Bombardment of Kamaishi, Japan, 14 July 1945

Photo #: 80-G-K-6035 Bombardment of Kamaishi, Japan, 14 July 1945
Description: USS Indiana (BB-58) fires a salvo from her forward 16/45 guns at the Kamaishi plant of the Japan Iron Company, 250 miles north of Tokyo. A second before, USS South Dakota (BB-57), from which this photograph was taken, fired the initial salvo of the first naval gunfire bombardment of the Japanese Home Islands. The superstructure of USS Massachusetts (BB-59) is visible directly behind Indiana. The heavy cruiser in the left center distance is either USS Quincy (CA-71) or USS Chicago (CA-136) . Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
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