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The 16-inch 50-cal. guns are fired off the starboard side of the battleship USS IOWA (BB 61) as it operates off the coast of Virginia

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Base: USS Iowa (BB 61)

Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

Scene Camera Operator: PH3 J. Alan Elliott

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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19/01/1995
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The U.S. National Archives
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