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Her appearance entirely changed by wartime modernization, she is shown here supporting landing on Iwo Jima.
Larry W. Jewell notes that this photograph also shows an "amtrack" landing craft which is numbered B111. Mr. Jewell also notes that this particular image is a commonly mis-captioned as graphically displayed in the Marshal Islands "Fighting Ships of the 50 States" stamp collection where Colorado is mistakenly represented by a rendition of this image.
NR&L (M) 28597 -- James L. Mooney, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1981), Vol.7: T-V, p. 92

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