Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Battleship USS Iowa entering floating dry-dock ABSD-2 at Manus Island, Bismarck Archipelago (Papua New Guinea), December 28th 1944.

Notice how her dual-purpose secondary armament can aim almost at the zenith to tackle not only surface threats but also high-level bombing.
Ship details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Iowa_(BB-61)

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