27 Aug 1942: USS Iowa (BB 61) launched at New York Navy Yard


USS Iowa (BB-61). Fires a full broadside of nine 16"/50 and six 5"/38 guns during a target exercise near Vieques Island, Puerto Rico, 1 July 1984. Photographed by PHAN J. Alan Elliott. Note concussion effects on the water surface, and 16-inch gun barrels in varying degrees of recoil. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, DN-ST-85-05379 (Color).

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