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English: USS Idaho (BB-42), a New Mexico-class battleship shells Okinawa on 1 April 1945, easily distinguished by her tower foremast & 5”-38 Mk 30 single turrets (visible between the barrels of the forward main turrets). Idaho was the only battleship with this configuration.
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Source Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-K-3829 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
Author United States Navy photograph, photographed from USS West Virginia (BB-48).
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  • 23:40, July 10, 2010 Mdnavman (512 bytes) ({{Information |Description=A United States Navy New Mexico-class battleship shells Okinawa on 1 April 1945 |Source=Scanned from front cover of dust jacket of Hodges, Peter, The Big Gun: Battleship Main Armament 18)

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Public domain This file is a work of a sailor or employee of the U.S. Navy, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain.
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current21:30, 23 February 2015Thumbnail for version as of 21:30, 23 February 20155,730 × 4,523 (4.8 MB)Cobatfornew NHHC photo
18:12, 22 May 2013Thumbnail for version as of 18:12, 22 May 20131,394 × 1,220 (563 KB)HohumLevels, cleanup, slight sharpen
01:34, 20 November 2010Thumbnail for version as of 01:34, 20 November 20101,394 × 1,220 (927 KB)Tfung0514{{Information |Description={{en|1=USS Idaho ''New Mexico''-class battleship shells Okinawa on 1 April 1945, easily distinguished by her tower foremast & "5”-38 Mk 30 single turrets" (visible betw
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