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Photo # 80-G-231961:  USS Nevada bombards German positions during the Normandy landings, 6 June 1944

Online Library of Selected Images:
-- U.S. NAVY SHIPS --

USS Nevada (Battleship # 36, later BB-36) --
Action and Miscellaneous Views


This page features selected views concerning USS Nevada's World War II actions, plus miscellaneous views related to her.

For other images related to this ship, see:

  • USS Nevada (Battleship # 36, later BB-36), 1916-1948.


    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 #: 80-G-19940

    Pearl Harbor Attack, 7 December 1941


    USS Nevada (BB-36) beached and burning after being hit forward by Japanese bombs and torpedoes. Her pilothouse area is discolored by fires in that vicinity.
    The harbor tug Hoga (YT-146) is alongside Nevada's port bow, helping to fight fires on the battleship's forecastle.
    Note channel marker bouy against Nevada's starboard side.

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

    Online Image: 116KB; 740 x 610 pixels

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

     
    Photo #: 80-G-231961

    Normandy Invasion, June 1944


    USS Nevada (BB-36) bombards German positions ashore, while supporting the "Utah" Beach landings on 6 June 1944.
    Photographed from USS Quincy (CA-71).

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

    Online Image: 66KB; 740 x 610 pixels

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

     
    Photo #: 80-G-K-3510 (Color)

    Iwo Jima Operation, 1945

    USS Nevada (BB-36) bombarding Iwo Jima, 19 February 1945.
    A North Carolina class battleship (probably USS Washington, BB-56) is in the left distance.

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

    Online Image: 59KB; 740 x 605 pixels

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

     
    Photo #: 80-G-K-3510 (cropped) (Color)

    USS Nevada (BB-36)

    Bombarding Iwo Jima, 19 February 1945.
    This image is cropped from Photo #: 80-G-K-3510 to emphasize Nevada's camouflage pattern.

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

    Online Image: 42KB; 740 x 575 pixels

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

     
    Photo #: NH 104834

    USS Nevada
    (BB-36)

    Operating off Okinawa, circa March-May 1945.
    She is wearing Camouflage Measure 31a, Design 6B.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 61KB; 740 x 625 pixels

     
    Photo #: 19-N-73630

    Camouflage Measure 31a, Design 6B


    Drawing prepared by the Bureau of Ships for a camouflage scheme intended for the battleship Nevada (BB-36).
    This plan, approved by Captain Torvald A. Solberg, USN, is dated 14 October 1944. It shows the ship's port side.
    Nevada wore this pattern in late 1944 and the first months of 1945.

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

    Online Image: 107KB; 1200 x 785 pixels

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

     
    Photo #: 19-N-73631

    Camouflage Measure 31a, Design 6B


    Drawing prepared by the Bureau of Ships for a camouflage scheme intended for the battleship Nevada (BB-36).
    This plan, approved by Captain Torvald A. Solberg, USN, is dated 14 October 1944. It shows the ship's starboard side, exposed decks and other horizontal surfaces, and the ends of her superstructure, gun mounts and turrets.
    Nevada wore this pattern in late 1944 and the first months of 1945.

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

    Online Image: 112KB; 1200 x 785 pixels

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

     


    The following photograph was taken from USS Nevada while she was operating off Iwo Jima in February 1945:

  • Photo # 80-G-303866: USS Texas (BB-35) off Iwo Jima, with LSM-266 in the background.


    For other images related to this ship, see:

  • USS Nevada (Battleship # 36, later BB-36), 1916-1948.


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


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