USS South DakotaBattleship Massachusetts firing a full main battery salvo at Kamaishi, Iwate, Japan, 9 Aug 1945; note projectiles in flight at upper left
USS South Dakota's 16-inch guns firing on the city of Kamaishi, Iwate, Japan, 14 Jul 1945Battleship Massachusetts firing a full main battery salvo at Kamaishi, Iwate, Japan, 9 Aug 1945; note projectiles in flight at upper left


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