Naval shore bombardment

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USS Denver firing at Parang, Mindanao Island, 1945
Photograph. USS Denver (CL-58) [center] firing artillery guns at Parang, as seen from the ship in foreground. Official...
USS Nevada firing its guns at a French coast, 1944
Photograph. USS Nevada (BB-36) firing its 14-inch guns. Official caption on front: "USS Nevada shells French coast with...
USS New Mexico firing at the coast of Guam, 1944
Photograph. USS New Mexico (BB-40) firing its artillery guns towards a coastline. Official caption on front: "New...
USS New York firing artillery guns at Iwo Jima, Japan, 1945
Photograph. USS New York (BB-34) firing artillery guns at the coast of Iwo Jima, as viewed from the deck of a ship....
USS Portland firing at Mindoro Island, Philippines, 1945
Photograph. USS Portland (CA-33) firing artillery guns at Mindoro Island; seaplane wing in foreground. Official caption...
War-damaged Japanese airbase, Mili Atoll
Photograph, aerial. Bomb craters covering a Japanese airbase. Official caption on front: "Effect of naval bombardment...
Waves of US landing craft cruising toward Iwo Jima, Japan, 1945
Photograph, aerial. Waves of American landing craft cruising toward coastline; American warships are firing artillery...
Waves of US landing craft cruising toward Iwo Jima, Japan, 1945
Photograph, aerial. Waves of American landing craft cruising toward coastline; smoke on coast from naval bombardment....
With a deafening roar, the 16' batteries of the U.S.S. Iowa loose tons of steel at a distant target during the shakedown cruise of the sea giant in October 1944
284.Photograph. USS Iowa.'46628 October 26, 1944 Challenge With a deafening roar, the 16' batteries of the U.S.S. Iowa...

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