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80-G-K-13507 USS Iowa (BB-61)

Photo #: 80-G-K-13507 USS Iowa (BB-61)
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Title: USS Iowa (BB-61)
Description: USS Iowa (BB-61) Being prepared for launching, at the New York Navy Yard, NY, circa late August 1942. Note: heavy chains used to brake the ship after she had entered the water; and men lounging at lower right, near a Navy Department safety poster, listening to a Marine Corps band. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
Catalog #: 80-G-K-13507
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