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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: 80-G-303478

USS Massachusetts (BB-59)


Underway with Task Force 58.1 on 12 February 1945, while en route to raid Tokyo .
Ships of Task Group 58.3 are in the background.
Taken by a USS Wasp (CV-18) photographer.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

Online Image: 101KB; 740 x 605 pixels

Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

 

Note: The subject of this photograph was originally, and incorrectly, identified as USS Indiana (BB-58).

NOTES:

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  • To the best of our knowledge, the picture referenced here is in the Public Domain, and can therefore be freely downloaded and used for any purpose.

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    Image posted 2 March 2000
    Reposted 14 August 2009 after correction of ship identification.