Image: New Mexico class battleship bombarding Okinawa

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Description: USS Idaho (BB-42), a New Mexico-class battleship shells Okinawa on 1 April 1945, easily distinguished by her tower foremast & 5”-38 Mk 30 single turrets (visible between the barrels of the forward main turrets). Idaho was the only battleship with this configuration.
Title: New Mexico class battleship bombarding Okinawa
Credit: Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-K-3829 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
Author: United States Navy photograph, photographed from USS West Virginia (BB-48).
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