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.


USS New Mexico

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

USS Mississippi BB-41.Underway at three knots in Puget Sound, Washington, 13 July 1944.She is painted in Camouflage Measure 32, Design 6D.