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Aerial View of U.S. Naval Dry Dock, BB-61 USS Iowa in Dry Dock #3, USS Bunker Hill at East Jetty, AP-21 USS Wakefield at Pier, South Boston, Massachusetts . 1943/USN Photo Nara




This gunner on battleship USS Alabama (BB-60) looks through the breech of one of the 16-inch Mark 6 guns. His left elbow rests on the “mushroom” of the gun, which he keeps clean by rubbing it with the towel wrapped around his arm.