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80-G-K-5579 (Color) USS Missouri (BB-63)

Photo #: 80-G-K-5579 (Color) USS Missouri (BB-63)
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Description: Crewmen at their battle stations in the 40mm quad anti-aircraft machine gun mounting atop Turret Two, during the battleship's shakedown cruise, circa August 1944. USS Alaska (CB-1) is in the center background, with a destroyer beyond her. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the U.S. National Archives.
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