Photo #: NH 104376-KN (color)
Iwo Jima Operation, 1945
Three cruisers and other U.S. Navy warships bombarding Iwo Jima,
circa 19 February 1945.
The cruisers include (from distant left center to center): either
USS Pensacola (CA-24) or USS Salt Lake City (CA-25),
probably USS Indianapolis (CA-35), and a Cleveland
class light cruiser. The latter is heavily shrouded with smoke
from its guns.
Original 35mm Kodachrome transparency, photographed by Lieutenant
Howard W. Whalen, USNR, Boat Group Commander, USS Sanborn
(APA-193).
Collection of Lieutenant Commander Howard W. Whalen, USNR. Donated
by Mrs. Nadine Whalen, 1997.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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