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80-G-K-4515 (Color) USS Missouri (BB-63)

Photo #: 80-G-K-4515 (Color) USS Missouri (BB-63)
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Description: Fires a six-gun salvo from her forward turrets, during shakedown gunnery exercises, August 1944. Six 16-inch projectiles are visible in the air at the extreme right. Photographed by Arthur Stratham. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the U.S. National Archives.
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