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A gunner's mate paints the barrel of one of the No. 2 Mark 7 16-inch/50-caliber guns aboard the battleship USS IOWA (BB-61)

A crewman releases the plug on the muzzle of a Mark 7 16-inch/50-caliber gun aboard the battleship USS IOWA (BB-61)

A salvo is fired from the No. 1 and No. 2 Mark 7 16-inch/50 caliber gun turrets during gunnery training aboard the battleship USS IOWA (BB 61)

A No. 2 turret Mark 7 16-inch/50-caliber gun is fired off the starboard side of the battleship USS IOWA (BB-61)

An overhead view of the battleship USS NEW JERSEY (BB-62) firing its Mark 7 16-inch/50-caliber guns to starboard

The battleship USS IOWA (BB-61) fires a round from its No. 2 Mark 7 16-inch/50-caliber gun turret

Crewmen manning the rail aboard the battleship USS IOWA (BB-61) are framed by the barrels of two forward Mark 7 16-inch/50 -caliber guns

The starboard No. 2 Mark 7 16-inch/50-caliber gun mount on the battleship USS IOWA (BB-61)

The battleship USS IOWA (BB-61) fires a round from its No. 2 Mark 7 16-inch/50-caliber gun turret

A gunner's mate paints the barrel of one of the No. 2 Mark 7 16-inch/50-caliber guns aboard the battleship USS IOWA (BB-61)

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Base: Norfolk

State: Virginia (VA)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: PH2 William Holck

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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21/09/1986
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The U.S. National Archives
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