Image:Uss iowa bb-61 pr.jpg

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USS Iowa (BB-61) fires a full broadside of nine 16"/50 and six 5"/38 guns during a target exercise near Vieques Island, Puerto Rico ( 21° N 65° W).
Note concussion effects on the water surface, and 16-inch gun barrels in varying degrees of recoil.
Source

Public domain photo (# DN-ST-85-05379 (Colour)) from http://www.dodmedia.osd.mil/Assets/1985/Navy/DN-ST-85-05379.JPEG
Date

1 July 1984
Author

Photographed by PHAN J. Alan Elliott.
Permission

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Picture of the day This image was selected as a picture of the day for June 19, 2006. It was captioned as followed:
English: The Battleship USS Iowa (BB-61) firing a full broadside.
Deutsch: Das Kriegsschiff USS Iowa (BB-61) feuert eine volle Breitseite ab
Français : Le cuirassé USS Iowa tirant une salve d’ obus de plus de 900 kg.
Español: El acorazado norteamericano USS Iowa dispara una salva de obús.
Dansk: Krigsskibet USS Iowa (BB-61) affyrer en bredside
Deutsch: Das Kriegsschiff USS Iowa (BB-61) feuert eine volle Breitseite ab
English: The Battleship USS Iowa (BB-61) firing a full broadside.
Español: El acorazado norteamericano USS Iowa dispara una salva de obús.
Eesti: Sõjalaev USS Iowa (BB-61) tulistamas külgkahuritest.
Français : Le cuirassé USS Iowa tirant une salve d’ obus de plus de 900 kg.
Galego: O acoirazado norteamericano USS Iowa dispara unha salva de obús.
Italiano: La nave da guerra USS Iowa (BB-61) spara da un cannone laterale
日本語: アメリカ海軍の 戦艦 アイオワ (USS Iowa, BB-61)
한국어: 미국의 ko:전함 USS Iowa (BB-61)
‪Norsk (bokmål)‬: Slagskipet USS «Iowa» (BB-61) fyrer av en bredside
Nederlands: Het slagschip USS Iowa ( BB-61) vuurt een salvo langs de volledige breedte.
‪Norsk (nynorsk)‬: Slagskipet USS «Iowa» (BB-61) fyrer av ei breiside
Português: O couraçado norte-americano USS Iowa dispara um obus.
Русский: Американский линкор « Айова» (BB-61) даёт залп из всех орудий
Slovenčina: USS Iowa (BB-61) páli všetkými bočnými.
Svenska: Slagskeppet USS Iowa avfyrar alla kanoner samtidigt.
简体中文: 美国衣阿华号巡洋舰在排射超过900千克重的炮弹。
繁體中文: 美國盧阿華號巡洋艦 (BB-61) 在排射超過900公斤重的炮彈。

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