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30 viewsUSS North Carolina BB-55 arrived
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40 viewsPresident Ronald W. Reagan arrives onboard New Jersey (BB-62) on 28 December 1982.
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38 viewsNew Jersey's (BB-62) keel being laid at the Philadelphia Naval Ship Yard, 16 September 1940.
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64 viewsAlabama (BB-60) being towed through the Panama Canal on her way from Seattle to Mobile sometime in the summer of 1964. Note the secondary stern armament wrapped in their protective "dehumidifiers".
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A starboard beam view of the battleship USS WISCONSIN (BB-64) approaching New York Harbor as it arrives for New York's Victory Celebration, being held in honor of the coalition forces that liberated Kuwait during Operation Desert Storm100 views
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59 viewsSecretary of the Navy, the Honorable John H. Dalton, signs the battleship USS MISSOURI (BB 63) Donation Agreement that will send the famed battleship to Pearl Harbor Hawaii. The "Mighty Mo" will be used as a museum, and docked near the battleship USS ARIZONA (BB 39) Memorial. Washington, DC, 4 May 1998
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An aerial view of the USS Utah Memorial at Ford Island, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii (USA). 8 March 201616 viewsApr 22, 2019
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53 viewsBattleship Division Two in line abreast formation, 7 June 1954, in the Virginia Capes operating area, on the only occasion that all four Iowa class battleships were photographed operating together. Ship closest to the camera is USS Iowa (BB-61). The others are (from near to far): USS Wisconsin (BB-64); USS Missouri (BB-63) and USS New Jersey (BB-62). Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.Feb 26, 2019
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An aerial oblique view of the Alabama (BB-60) after launching at Norfolk Navy Yard, Norfolk, Virginia, 16 February 1942.29 viewsFeb 15, 2019
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1 February 1940 photograph of the laying of the keel ceremony for the Alabama (BB-60) at the Norfolk Navy Shipyard in Portsmouth, Virginia. In this photograph dignitaries are driving rivets into the keel of the battleship. 28 viewsFeb 01, 2019
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30 viewsDESERT STORM A BGM-109 Tomahawk land-attack missile (TLAM) is fired toward an Iraqi target from the battleship USS MISSOURI (BB-63) at the start of Operation Desert Storm. Jan 16, 2019
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The Battleship USS Missouri passes Honolulu en route to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, where it would to become a museum near the Arizona memorial.55 viewsJan 11, 2019
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9 January 196537 viewsJan 09, 2019
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Four mothballed battleships at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in 1948. Left to right: Alabama (BB-60), West Virginia (BB-48), Indiana (BB-58) & Colorado (BB-45).40 viewsJan 09, 2019
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63 viewsThe Missouri (BB-63) as seen on 3 October 1941. She had been laid down on 6 January and her bottom plating is nearly finished. Most of the workers in the center of the ship are standing on the middle layer of the triple bottom. The keelson projects aft toward the water and on each side of the keelson can be seen the supports for the two inboard propeller shafts.Jan 05, 2019
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Floodlights illuminate the battleship USS New Jersey (BB-62) as she rests on blocks in Drydock Number Three at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard during overhaul, November 196745 viewsJan 04, 2019
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