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80-G-490327 USS PENNSYLVANIA (BB-38)

USS PENNSYLVANIA (BB-38)
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Title: USS PENNSYLVANIA (BB-38)
Caption: Low in the water and under salvage, after she was torpedoed in Buckner Bay, Okinawa, on 12 August 1945. A salvage tug is alongside, assisting. Note hoses run through her 14"/45 guns to help bring water from below decks. Note Curtiss SC-1 floatplane on her deck. The censor has obliterated radar antennas in this photo.
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Catalog #: 80-G-490327
Copyright Owner: Naval History and Heritage Command
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Original Date: Sun, Aug 12, 1945
After this Year: 1940
Before this Year: 1949
Original Medium: BW Photo
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