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NH 84534 USS Massachusetts (BB-59)

Photo #: NH 84534 USS Massachusetts (BB-59)
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Description: View looking forward from the ship's after deck, during a lull in the Battle of Casablanca, 8 November 1942. Note: 16/45 guns of her after turret; 20mm gun at left with Lead, Dammit, Lead printed on its shield; FC & FD radar antennas atop her gun directors; two large National Ensigns flying from her masts. Collection of Rear Admiral Clifford Van Hook, 1972. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
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