USS New Mexico (BB-40) 14-inch projectiles on deck, while the battleship was replenishing her ammunition supply prior to the invasion of Guam, July 1944.The photograph looks forward on the starboard side, with triple 14"/50 gun turrets at left. Note floater nets stowed atop the turrets.


USS New Mexico 14-inch projectiles on deck

Battleships Idaho, New Mexico and Mississippi at Pearl Harbor, December 1943.(rudeerude)

Pearl Harbor 1943

USS New Mexico (BB-40)Ship's 5"/25 battery prepares to fire during the bombardment of Saipan, 15 June 1944.Note time-fuze setters on the left side of each gun mount, each holding three "fixed" rounds of ammunition; barrels of 20mm machine guns at the extreme right; and triple 14"/50 guns in the background.
