Star shells fired from American warships illuminated Iwo Jima battlefield to prevent Japanese night attacks, Feb 1945. texag57

Iwo Jima

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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Evillittlekenny

US Navy ship 1937 in Shanghai

Tired member of US Navy VF-17 squadron paused under the squadron scoreboard at Bougainville, Solomon Islands, Feb 1944