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Summary
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English:
The U.S. Navy battleship USS
Pennsylvania
(BB-38) leads USS
Colorado
(BB-45), USS
Louisville
(CA-28), USS
Portland
(CA-33), and USS
Columbia
(CL-56) into Lingayen Gulf before the landing on Luzon, Philippines in January 1945. Battleships and other big gun naval vessels that served in the Pacific Theatre during World War II were used primarily for offshore bombardment of enemy positions and as anti-aircraft screens for aircraft carriers.
The wartime censor has removed Pennsylvania ´s radar antennas. |
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| Author | U.S. Navy photo 80-G-59525 | |||
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U.S. Navy
, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a
work
of the
U.S. federal government
, it is in the
public domain
in the United States.
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