| USS Indiana (BB-58) |
| 80-G-K-6035 (Color) -- USS Indiana (BB-58) fires a salvo
from her forward 16-inch /45 guns at the Kamaishi plant of the Japan Iron
Company, 250 miles north of Tokyo. A second before, USS
South
Dakota (BB-57), from which this photograph was taken, fired the initial
salvo of the first naval gunfire bombardment of the Japanese Home
Islands. |
| The superstructure of the USS
Massachusetts
(BB-59) is visible directly behind Indiana. The heavy cruiser in the
left center distance is either USS Quincy (CA-71) or USS
Chicago (CA-136). |
| Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National
Archives. |
| Naval
Historical Center -- Online Library of Selected Images of USS
Indiana |
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