The Navy's Floating Artillery

The Navy's Floating Artillery

Photograph

The Navy's Floating Artillery

May 19, 1945
Gelatin silver print
Paper: 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm)
Gift of Joanna T. Steichen, ex-collection Edward Steichen
Inscriptions printed in ink on verso: FILE NUMBER: GUAM 01193 CINCPAC-POA
RELEASED: MAY 19, 1945/

THE NAVY'S FLOATING ARTILLERY/

A gun of the U.S.S. NEW MEXICO's five inch battery hurls a cargo of steel/ at Japanese shore installations on Makin Island which was one of a dozen/ enemy hold islands which has felt the punch of the NEW MEXICO's gun power./

WATCH YOUR CREDIT/
"OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTOGRAPH"/
The Navy Department has no objection to the use of this photograph in commercial/
advertisements, provided copy and layout are submitted for review prior to/
publication to the REVIEW SECTION, OFFICE OF PUBLIC RELATIONS, NAVY DEPARTMENT,/ WASHINGTON, D.C., or to a District Public Relations Office. However, it has no/ power to waive the privacy rights of the personnel portrayed./
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