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PORT SIDE VIEW OF THE BATTLESHIP USS CALIFORNIA (BB-44) AS SHE APPEARED AFTER RECONSTRUCTION SUBSEQUENT TO HER SINKING AT PEARL HARBOUR. HER CAGE MASTS, FUNNELS AND SUPERSTRUCTURE WERE REMOVED AND REPLACED BY A MODERN TOWER SUPERSTRUCTURE SIMILAR TO THAT OF THE NEW SOUTH DAKOTA CLASS BATTLESHIPS. THE 5 INCH/51 LOW ANGLE GUNS OF HER SECONDARY ARMAMENT WETRE REPLACED BY 5 INCH/38 DUAL PURPOSE GUNS IN NEW MARK 32 TWIN TURRETS. QUADRUPLE 40 MM BOFORS AA MOUNTINGS ARE EVIDENT AT EITHER END OF THE SUPERSTRUCTURE. NOTE THE MANY 20 MM OERLIKON AA GUNS ON THE FORECASTLE, IN GALLERIES ABREAST NOS 2 AND 3 TURRETS AND ON THE CROWN OF THE LATTER TURRET. THE AIRCRAFT ON THE CATAPULTS AFT ARE VOUGHT OS2U KINGFISHER SCOUTING AND OBSERVATION FLOATPLANES. THE SHIP IS PAINTED IN A MEASURE 33 CAMOUFLAGE PATTERN. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)
1945. STARBOARD BROADSIDE VIEW OF THE BATTLESHIP USS WEST VIRGINIA (BB-48) AT ANCHOR. SHE HAS BEEN COMPLETELY REBUILT SINCE BEING SUNK AT PEARL HARBOR. HER CAGE MASTS, TWO FUNNELS AND ORIGINAL SUPERST
1945. PORT SIDE VIEW OF THE BATTLESHIP USS MARYLAND (BB-46). NOTE THE CONCENTRATIONS OF 20 MM OERLIKON AA GUNS BETWEEN THE FUNNELS AND ON NO 3 16 INCH GUN TURRET. MARK 3 FIRE CONTROL RADAR IS FITTED O
AERIAL STARBOARD BOW VIEW OF THE BATTLESHIP USS INDIANA (BB-58). CLEARLY SHOWN ARE THE FORWARD 16 INCH GUN TURRETS, THE FIVE STARBOARD TWIN 5 INCH/38 MARK 32 GUN MOUNTINGS, QUADRUPLE 40 MM BOFORS AA G
PORT SIDE VIEW OF THE SEAPLANE TENDER USS TANGIER. SHE IS ARMED WITH A 5 INCH/25 AA GUN AFT AND TWO 3 INCH/50 AA GUNS FORWARD. BROWNING .50 INCH AA MACHINE GUNS ARE MOUNTED ABOVE THE BRIDGE AND ABREAS
1944-04-29. AERIAL STARBOARD SIDE VIEW OF THE BATTLESHIP USS IDAHO (BB-42). NOTE THE PLATED IN CASEMATES IN WHICH HER LOW ANGLE SECONDARY ARMAMENT WAS ORIGINALLY MOUNTED. IT HAS BEEN REPLACED BY THE 5
At a naval air station at Halavo, Florida Island, two Vought OS2U Kingfisher and Scouting aircraft rest on a perforated steel plate slipway. Two more Kingfishers and a jeep flank the slipway. The whee
