Battleship Massachusetts firing a full main battery salvo at Kamaishi, Iwate, Japan, 9 Aug 1945; note projectiles in flight at upper left.

Preparations for Invasion of Japan 

USS Buchanan

1937 giant flags on US warships.

Mikeg and Larry41 (and of course everyone else), could this be the USS Augusta, since the flags are painted on the turret like mikeg pointer out?
Link leads to the picture of the US ship in Shanghai.

http://www.ww2incolor.com/us-navy/US_warship_during_Japanese_arial_bombing_of_Shanghai.html
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