Photo #: NH 46317
USS Arkansas (Battleship # 33)
A young woman visitor sighting one of the ship's 5"/51 guns,
in New York Harbor, 23 April 1919.
Note the small sub-caliber spotting rifle atop the gun barrel;
splinter matresses hung over the gun; and door with porthole
in the lower right.
In the background are USS Jouett (Destroyer # 41), at
left, and USS Meredith (Destroyer # 165).
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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