File:USS Cony (DD-508) lays a smoke screen off Leyte on 20 October 1944 (80-G-289679).jpg
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English: The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Cony (DD-508) lays a smoke screen near the battleship USS West Virginia (BB-48), to protect shipping off Leyte from Japanese air attack, during the landings there on 20 October 1944. Note the manned anti-aircraft batteries on board the battleship, including a Mark 51 director in the foreground, a 20mm gun at left, a 40mm quad gun mount in the center and 127mm/38 twin gun mounts beyond. |
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