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NH 80528 USS California (BB-44)

Photo #: NH 80528 USS California (BB-44)
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Description: View of the battleship's forward superstructure and 14 gun turrets, in 1938. Note gunfire concentration dial just below the fire-control top, rangefinders atop the pilothouse and conning tower, and two .50 caliber anti-aircraft machine gun mountings just forward of the armored conning tower. Courtesy of Howard F. Ailes, 1974. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
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