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Photo #: NH 84665 USS Tennessee (BB-43) Fires her 14"/50 main battery, during gunnery practice in the 1920s. Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1976. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 95KB; 740 x 525 pixels
Photo #: NH 80540 USS Tennessee (BB-43) Crewmen pose with a well-hit target, after main battery gunnery practice in about 1925. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Collection of Captain Frank Brooks Upham. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 93KB; 740 x 545 pixels
Photo #: NH 50770 Pearl Harbor Raid, December 1941 USS Tennessee (BB-43), at left, alongside the sunken USS West Virginia (BB-48), photographed from the capsized hull of USS Oklahoma (BB-37) on 10 December 1941, three days after the Japanese raid. The mainmast of USS Arizona (BB-39) is visible in the right distance. Collection of Vice Admiral Homer N. Wallin. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 102KB; 740 x 615 pixels
Photo #: 80-G-K-14224 (Color) USS Tennessee (BB-43) Bombarding Japanese positions on Guam, 19 July 1944. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 74KB; 740 x 585 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.
Photo #: NH 42390 USS Tennessee (BB-43) Bombarding Okinawa with her 14"/50 main battery guns, as LVTs in the foreground carry troops to the invasion beaches, 1 April 1945. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 130KB; 740 x 610 pixels
Photo #: NH 104440 USS Tennessee (BB-43) Pitching in heavy seas, while operating in the Pacific Ocean, 1945. Collection of Rear Admiral Calvin T. Durgin, USN, donated by his Daughter, Mrs. Phyllis Sherrill, 1972. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. Online Image: 51KB; 740 x 580 pixels
Photo #: NH 104441 USS Tennessee (BB-43) Pitching in heavy seas, while operating in the Pacific Ocean, 1945. Collection of Rear Admiral Calvin T. Durgin, USN, donated by his Daughter, Mrs. Phyllis Sherrill, 1972. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. Online Image: 48KB; 740 x 580 pixels
Photo #: NH 104442 USS Tennessee (BB-43) Pitching in heavy seas, while operating in the Pacific Ocean, 1945. Collection of Rear Admiral Calvin T. Durgin, USN, donated by his Daughter, Mrs. Phyllis Sherrill, 1972. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. Online Image: 35KB; 740 x 570 pixels
Photo #: NH 104443 USS Tennessee (BB-43) Pitching in heavy seas, while operating in the Pacific Ocean, 1945. Collection of Rear Admiral Calvin T. Durgin, USN, donated by his Daughter, Mrs. Phyllis Sherrill, 1972. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. Online Image: 53KB; 740 x 575 pixels
Photo #: 80-G-157055 Camouflage Measure 32v1, Design 1D Drawing prepared by the Bureau of Ships for a camouflage scheme intended for the battleship Tennessee (BB-43), circa 1943. This plan shows the ship's starboard side and exposed decks. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 126KB; 1200 x 690 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.
Photo #: 80-G-157054 Camouflage Measure 32v1, Design 1D Drawing prepared by the Bureau of Ships for a camouflage scheme intended for the battleship Tennessee (BB-43), circa 1943. This plan shows the ship's port side. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 76KB; 1200 x 520 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

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USS Tennessee (BB-43), 1920-1959.

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