MAKE A MEME View Large Image Shawmut (CM-4) in the Gulf of Panama, March 21, 1923. This experimental firing was a big press event which had Iowa bombarded by 5” batters from 8,000 yards away, hit by 30 14” shells from a greater distance, and then finally sunk by ...
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Keywords: waterfront water outdoor NMUSN-P-D-2015-1-20: USS Iowa (Coast Battleship #4) under radio control from USS Shawmut (CM-4) in the Gulf of Panama, March 21, 1923. This experimental firing was a big press event which had Iowa bombarded by 5” batters from 8,000 yards away, hit by 30 14” shells from a greater distance, and then finally sunk by heavy projectiles of 14” inch shells. Collection of Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy, Jr. (2015/12/14). NMUSN-P-D-2015-1-20: USS Iowa (Coast Battleship #4) under radio control from USS Shawmut (CM-4) in the Gulf of Panama, March 21, 1923. This experimental firing was a big press event which had Iowa bombarded by 5” batters from 8,000 yards away, hit by 30 14” shells from a greater distance, and then finally sunk by heavy projectiles of 14” inch shells. Collection of Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy, Jr. (2015/12/14).
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