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80-G-K-16469 USS Iowa (BB-61)

Photo #: 80-G-K-16469 USS Iowa (BB-61)
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Description: USS Iowa (BB-61) 20mm gun crew in action on the battleship's forecastle, probably during her shakedown period in the late winter and spring of 1943. Note gunner using the Mark 14 lead-computing gunsight mounted on the 20mm gun at right. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
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