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80-G-K-14228 USS New Mexico (BB-40)

Photo #: 80-G-K-14228 USS New Mexico (BB-40)
Title: USS New Mexico (BB-40)
Description: USS New Mexico (BB-40) 14-inch projectiles on deck, while the battleship was replenishing her ammunition supply prior to the invasion of Guam, July 1944. The photograph looks forward on the starboard side, with triple 14/50 gun turrets at left. Note floater nets stowed atop the turrets. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
Catalog #: 80-G-K-14228
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