Photo #: 80-G-K-13507 (Color) USS Iowa (BB-61) Being prepared for launching, at the New York Navy Yard, NY, circa late August 1942. Note: heavy chains used to brake the ship after she had entered the water; and men lounging at lower right, near a Navy Department safety poster, listening to a Marine Corps band. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 188KB; 580 x 765 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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7 January 2000