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USS Iowa (BB-61)
80-G-k-825 (Color) -- Commissioning ceremonies on the ship's after deck, at the New York Navy Yard, NY, 22 February 1943.
Note: Mark 38 main battery director with Mark 8 fire control radar on top, 16" /50 triple gun turret, freshly raised National Ensign, and incomplete condition of some features of the ship's after superstructure.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
Naval Historical Center -- Online Library of Selected Images of USS Iowa

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