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

USS Mississippi BB-41

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 Idaho BB-42,fires the 14"/50 guns of Turret Three at nearly point-blank range, during the bombardment of Okinawa, 1 April 1945.Photographed from USS West Virginia (BB-48).