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English: Bombardment of Kamaishi, Japan, 14 July 1945: The U.S. Navy battleship USS Indiana (BB-58) fires a salvo from her forward 16"/45 guns at the Kamaishi plant of the Japan Iron Company, 400 km 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 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). Due to the Measure 22 camouflage, the cruiser is probably Quincy, as Chicago is only known to have been painted in Measure 21.
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Source Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-K-6035 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
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current16:56, 7 April 2017Thumbnail for version as of 16:56, 7 April 20173,787 × 2,839 (5.16 MB)Hohum (talk | contribs)Colour adjust
17:35, 24 February 2015Thumbnail for version as of 17:35, 24 February 20153,787 × 2,839 (4.25 MB)Cobatfor (talk | contribs)new NHHC photo
10:14, 6 January 2011Thumbnail for version as of 10:14, 6 January 2011740 × 487 (132 KB)Nick-D (talk | contribs)== Summary == {{Information |Description={{en|1=NARA Photo #: 80-G-K-6035 (Color) Bombardment of Kamaishi, Japan, 14 July 1945 USS Indiana (BB-58) fires a salvo from her forward 16"/45 guns at the Kamaishi plant of the Japan Iron Company, 250 miles nort

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