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NH 100447 Coast Battleship No. 4

Photo #: NH 100447 Coast Battleship No. 4
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Description: (ex-USS Iowa, Battleship # 4) Maneuvering under fire by battleship guns, while in use as a radio-controlled target during Fleet gunnery practice off Panama, circa 22 March 1923. Note projectiles hitting the water on either side of the target. The ship was sunk as a result of damage received in this exercise. Collection of Vice Admiral Dixwell Ketcham, USN. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
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