Photo #: NH 64517
Coast Battleship No. 4 (ex-USS Iowa, Battleship
# 4)
Under fire by the main battery of USS Mississippi, while
in use as a radio-controlled target during Fleet gunnery practice
off Panama, 22 March 1923.
Note 14" inch projectile hitting very close to the target,
as others impact further away.
The target ship was sunk as a result of damage received in this
exercise.
Donation of Franklin Moran, 1967.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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