File:New Mexico class battleship bombarding Okinawa.jpg

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Description

English: USS Idaho (BB-42), a New Mexico-class battleship shells Okinawa on 1 April 1945, easily distinguished by her tower foremast & 5”-38 Mk 30 single turrets (visible between the barrels of the forward main turrets). Idaho was the only battleship with this configuration.

العربية: البارجة يو إس إس أيداهو تقصف أوكيناوا في 1 أبريل 1945

Date

Taken on 1 April 1945

Source

Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-K-3829 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command

Author

United States Navy photograph, photographed from USS West Virginia (BB-48).

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23:40, July 10, 2010 Mdnavman (512 bytes) ({{Information |Description=A United States Navy New Mexico-class battleship shells Okinawa on 1 April 1945 |Source=Scanned from front cover of dust jacket of Hodges, Peter, The Big Gun: Battleship Main Armament 18)

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	14:32, 20 January 2018	5,730 × 4,523 (4.8 MB)	Hohum	Colour adjust
	21:30, 23 February 2015	5,730 × 4,523 (4.8 MB)	Cobatfor	new NHHC photo
	18:12, 22 May 2013	1,394 × 1,220 (563 KB)	Hohum	Levels, cleanup, slight sharpen
	01:34, 20 November 2010	1,394 × 1,220 (927 KB)	Tfung0514	{{Information \|Description={{en\|1=USS Idaho ''New Mexico''-class battleship shells Okinawa on 1 April 1945, easily distinguished by her tower foremast & "5”-38 Mk 30 single turrets" (visible betw