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Coast Battleship No. 4 - NH 96027

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(ex-USS Iowa, Battleship # 4) Under fire by battleship guns, while in use as a radio-controlled target during Fleet gunnery practice off Panama, 22 March 1923. Note projectiles hitting the water on either side of the target, and the ship's collapsed forward smokestack. Photographed by A.E. Wells. The ship was sunk as a result of damage received in this exercise. Collection of Commodore Norman C. Gillette, USN. U.S.

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22/03/1923
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Naval History and Heritage Command
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