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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 96811

USS Missouri (BB-63)


Forward turret fires a 16-inch shell at enemy forces attacking Hungnam, North Korea, during a night bombardment in December 1950. In the background, LSMRs are firing rockets, with both ends of the trajectory visible.
This is a composite image, made with two negatives taken only a few minutes apart.
Photograph is dated 28 December 1950, but was probably taken on 23-24 December.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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8 February 1999