| 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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