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Photo # 80-G-231250:  USS Arkansas fires her 12-inch guns during the Normandy invasion, 6 June 1944

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USS Arkansas (Battleship # 33; later BB-33), 1912-1946 --
Part II


This page features additional selected views concerning USS Arkansas (BB-33).

For other images related to this ship, see:

  • USS Arkansas (Battleship # 33; later BB-33), 1912-1946.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

    Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.

    Photo #: NH 63636

    USS Arkansas (BB-33)


    Firing the 12"/50 guns of Turret # 4, prior to World War I.
    Note rangefinder in use atop Turret # 5 and large number of sailors on deck observing the shoot.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 95KB; 740 x 605 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 57686

    USS Arkansas (BB-33)


    Crewmen examining the silver service presented to the battleship by the State of Arkansas. Miss Daisy Dalony made the presentation on behalf of Arkansas Governor Brough, 23 April 1919.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 123KB; 740 x 615 pixels

     
    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.

    Online Image: 87KB; 740 x 600 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 101674

    "Modern Salts"


    "Spinning a Yarn" in the casemate of 5"/51 Gun Number Eleven of USS Arkansas (BB-33) on 27 October 1940.
    The men are (from left to right): Gunner's Mate Second Class N.I. Fewell; Boatswain's Mate First Class R.D. Dennies; Coxwain G.E. Lehto and Gunner's Mate First Class W.A. Crook.
    This photo is inspired by the scene in Photo # NH 2889.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 120KB; 740 x 620 pixels

     
    Photo #: 80-G-231250

    Normandy Invasion, June 1944


    USS Arkansas (BB-33) fires her 12-inch guns at German positions, while supporting the Omaha Beach landings, 6 June 1944.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 96KB; 740 x 600 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: 19-N-73635

    Camouflage Measure 31a, Design 7B


    Drawing prepared by the Bureau of Ships for a camouflage scheme intended for the battleship Arkansas (BB-33).
    This plan, approved by Captain Torvald A. Solberg, USN, is dated 11 October 1944. It shows the ship's starboard side, exposed decks and the superstructure ends.
    Arkansas was photographed in this pattern in November 1944.

    Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.

    Online Image: 146KB; 1200 x 765 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: 19-N-73634

    Camouflage Measure 31a, Design 7B


    Drawing prepared by the Bureau of Ships for a camouflage scheme intended for the battleship Arkansas (BB-33).
    This plan, approved by Captain Torvald A. Solberg, USN, is dated 11 October 1944. It shows the ship's port side.
    Arkansas was photographed in this pattern in November 1944.

    Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.

    Online Image: 120KB; 1200 x 760 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     


    For other images related to this ship, see:

  • USS Arkansas (Battleship # 33; later BB-33), 1912-1946.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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