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The proud battlewagon was eased into a 1,000-foot-long graving dock at the Boston Ship Repair Co. around noon on November 7 1998 to begin a long-awaited $10 million refitting.155 views
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151 viewsOfficers and men of the Wisconsin (BB-64) stand on the main deck today as the 45,000 ton battleship is recommissioned at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, 3 March 1951.
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143 viewsDN-ST-83-00210 USS New Jersey (BB-62)
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185 viewsMissouri (BB-63) (center). Off Istanbul, Turkey, 5-9 April 1946. She had brought the body of the Late Turkish Ambassador to the United States, Mehmet Munir Ertegun, home for burial, on a mission that was also made to influence Soviet Middle East policy. Power (DD-839) is at left, and the Turkish Battlecruiser Yavuz (formerly the German (Goeben) is at right. Dolmabahce Mosque is in the foreground.
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Portsmouth VA., 13 December 1956: BOUND FOR MOTHBALLS The battleship New Jersey (BB-62) sails today for Brooklyn, N.Y. where she will be inactivated and prepared for mothballing at Bayonne, N.J.114 views
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144 viewsUss Wisconsin Bb 64 Battleship Bb64 Fire Guns Navy
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An aerial view of the USS Utah Memorial at Ford Island, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii (USA). 8 March 2016132 views
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An aerial view of the USS Utah Memorial at Ford Island, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii (USA). 8 March 2016132 viewsApr 22, 2019
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206 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 1942.156 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. 153 viewsFeb 01, 2019
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148 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.187 viewsJan 11, 2019
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9 January 1965185 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).178 viewsJan 09, 2019
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185 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 1967187 viewsJan 04, 2019
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