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1943-03-05. AERIAL STARBOARD BOW VIEW OF THE CRUISER USS HELENA (CL-50). NOTE THE TWIN 5 INCH/38 GUNS IN MARK 32 MOUNTINGS, WHICH DISTINGUISH HER AND HER SISTER SHIP, USS ST LOUIS, FROM THE REMAINDER OF THE BROOKLYN CLASS CRUISERS. NOTE THE AUGMENTATION OF THE ANTI AIRCRAFT ARMAMENT WITH 20MM OERLIKON GUNS ON THE FORWARD SUPERSTRUCTURE, THE WAIST AND ABREAST NO 4 6 INCH TURRET. TWO CURTISS SOC SCOUTING AND OBSERVATION AIRCRAFT REST ON THE CATAPULTS AFT. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)
Port quarter view of the cruiser USS St Louis (CL-49). Note the twin 5 inch/38 guns in Mark 32 mountings, which distinguish her and her sister ship, USS Helena, from the similar Brooklyn class cruiser
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 REP
PORT SIDE VIEW OF THE SEAPLANE TENDER USS CHANDELEUR (AV10). SHE MOUNTS A SINGLE 5 INCH/51 LOW ANGLE GUN ON THE STERN AND SINGLE 3 INCH/50 AA GUNS IN TUBS, TWO FORWARD AND TWO AFT. TWIN 40 MM BOFORS A
1942. STARBOARD SIDE VIEW OF THE HEAVY CRUISER USS TUSCALOOSA IN SPLOTCH CAMOUFLAGE. FEW WARTIME ALTERATIONS HAVE BEEN MADE ALTHOUGH RADAR, EITHER CXAM OR SC, HAS BEEN FITTED TO THE FOREMAST AND A 20
1943-12-12. AERIAL STARBOARD SIDE VIEW OF THE AMMUNITION SHIP USS PYRO (AE1). SHE IS ARMED WITH TWO 5 INCH/51 GUNS ON THE STERN WITH A 40MM BOFORS AND TWO 3 INCH/50 ANTI AIRCRAFT (AA) GUNS ABOVE THEM.
1945. AERIAL PORT BOW VIEW OF THE BATTLESHIP HMS KING GEORGE V. HER 14 INCH MAIN ARMAMENT IS CONTROLLED BY THE DIRECTOR CONTROL TOWER WITH ITS TYPE 274 FIRE CONTROL RADAR SITED BEHIND THE BRIDGE. ABOV
