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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)

The No. 1 Mark 7 16-inch/50-caliber gun is fired to port aboard the battleship USS IOWA (BB-61) during a main battery firing exercise

The battleship USS IOWA (BB 61) fires its Mark 7 16-inch/50-caliber guns during NATO Exercise BALTOPS '85

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The No. 1 and No. 2 Mark 7 16-inch/50 caliber gun turrets are trained to starboard during gunnery exercises aboard the battleship USS IOWA (BB 61)

The No. 1 Mark 7 16-inch/50-caliber gun turret is fired during a main battery firing exercise aboard the battleship USS IOWA (BB-61)

The battleship WISCONSIN (BB-64) fires its Mark 7 16-inch/50-caliber guns to port during sea trials

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Subject Operation/Series: EXERCISE OCEAN SAFARI '85

Country: Norwegian Sea

Scene Camera Operator: LT. David Parsons

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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01/01/1995
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The three Mark 7 16-inch/50-caliber gun turrets of the battleship USS IOWA (BB-61) are fired during a main battery firing exercise

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Crew members aboard the battleship USS IOWA (BB-61) wait for motor launches to take them ashore to participate in a civic action program in Puerto Cortes, Honduras

A Pioneer I remotely piloted vehicle (RPV) is readied for flight on the deck of the battleship USS IOWA (BB-61)

Crew members run to man the rails of the battleship USS IOWA (BB-61) as the ship is "brought to life" during its recommissioning

The No. 1 Mk 7 16 in. gun turret pivots and elevates as part of a demonstration given during a dependent's cruise aboard the battleship USS IOWA (BB 61)

The No. 1 Mark 7 16-inch/50-caliber gun is fired to port aboard the battleship USS IOWA (BB-61) during a main battery firing exercise

Projectiles used in the Mark-7 16-inch /50-caliber guns of the battleship USS IOWA (BB 61) are ready for offloading at the Naval Weapons Station. The IOWA is offloading its ammunition prior to entering Norfolk Naval Base. The No. 3 16-inch gun is in the background

The battleship USS IOWA (BB-61) launches a Harpoon anti-ship cruise missile during Fleet Exercise 2-86

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Visiting dignitaries brace themselves on the 04 level bridge as the Mk 7 16 inch guns aboard the battleship USS IOWA (BB 61) are fired broadside

The battleship USS IOWA (BB-61) fires its 16-inch 50-cal. guns off the starboard side during Operation Unitas XXV

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