USS_Iowa_(BB-61)_firing_her_406_mm_guns_at_North_Korean_coastal_defenses_in_1952.jpg


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U.S. Navy
Description
English: According to the U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command: Off Koje, Korea, Firing her 16-inch guns at enemy coastal defenses. Photo is dated 17 October 1952, the day after Iowa completed her Korean War combat operations.
According to Iowa at War , page 69, Iowa was relieved on 18 October 1952.
Date 17 October 1952
date QS:P571,+1952-10-17T00:00:00Z/11
institution QS:P195,Q3250126
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NH 92213
Source Official U.S. Navy photo NH 92213 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
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( Reusing this file )
Courtesy of the U.S. Naval Institute Photographic Collection. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

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