Iowa-class Photographs | World War II Database

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Members of the crew of the carrier USS Essex taking a swimming break in the Majuro Lagoon, Marshall Islands, Feb 1944. Note battleship USS Iowa in the background.	Battleship USS Iowa entering Majuro anchorage, Marshall Islands, the morning of 4 Feb 1944. Note Dazzle Camouflage Measure 32, Design 1B.	Elements of Task Force 58 of the US Navy 5th Fleet at anchor, Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands, probably Apr 1944	Admiral Raymond Spruance (left) speaking with Captain Carl Holden, commanding officer of USS New Jersey on the New Jersey’s foredeck at Majuro, Marshall Islands, 8 Apr 1944. Admiral Nimitz was also on board.

Program of the first anniversary celebration aboard USS New Jersey, 23 May 1944, page 1 of 3	Program of the first anniversary celebration aboard USS New Jersey, 23 May 1944, page 2 of 3	Program of the first anniversary celebration aboard USS New Jersey, 23 May 1944, page 3 of 3	A Roman Catholic chaplain performing mass on the deck of USS Iowa as they closed on the Mariana Islands, Jun 1944. Note the colors of the ship’s paint and the 40mm and 20mm anti-aircraft mounts.

OS2U Kingfisher scout plane being recovered aboard the battleship USS Missouri, 1944-45	USS Iowa in camouflage Measure 32, mid-1944	Aerial view of USS Iowa underway, 10 Jun 1944	Crew of battleship Missouri performing abandon ship drills, summer 1944; note OS2N-1 Kingfisher aircraft in background on port side catapult

Four US battleships of Task Group 58.7 in the fleet anchorage at Majuro Atoll in the Marshall Islands, 8 Jul 1944	Battleship USS Missouri at anchor in Gravesend Bay, New York, United States, 30 Jul 1944. Note Measure 32, Design 22D paint scheme.	Alaska maneuvered in front of Missouri during their shakedown cruises, circa Aug 1944	Alaska, seen from battleship Missouri, summer 1944

Battleship Missouri firing a salvo during her shakedown period, Aug 1944	Battleship USS Missouri in Chesapeake Bay, United States during shakedown exercises, Aug 1944. Note her fresh coat of paint in the Measure 32, Design 22D scheme.	Battleship USS Missouri on her Atlantic shakedown cruise, Aug 1944.	Bridge watch aboard the USS Missouri during the battleship’s shakedown cruise to Trinidad, Aug 1944: commanding officer Capt William M Callaghan, Officer of the Deck Lt Morris R Eddy, and Yeoman 1st class Arthur Colton