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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 106381 3"/50 Anti-Aircraft Guns Mounted atop the Number Three triple 14-inch gun turret of a battleship, circa the later 1910s or early 1920s. This ship is either USS Pennsylvania (Battleship # 38) or USS Arizona (Battleship # 39). Note the rangefinder mounted above the turret's rear, and plating and dismantled supporting structure for an aircraft flying-off platform atop the turret front. Location appears to be the Panama Canal. The original image is printed on post card ("AZO") stock. Donation of Charles R. Haberlein Jr., 2008. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. Online Image: 78KB; 740 x 470 pixels

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Image posted 26 January 2009