Image: Missouri panama canal

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Description: USS Missouri (BB-63) in the Miraflores Locks, Panama Canal, 13 October 1945, while en route from the Pacific to New York City to take part in Navy Day celebrations. Note the close fit of the ship in the locks. The beam of battleships of this era was determined by Panama Canal lock dimensions. Specifically, the locks are 110 feet wide, and the beam of the vessels are 108 feet and some inches, leaving about 8 inches of clearance, per side.
Title: Missouri panama canal
Credit: http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-m/bb63-a1.htm Photo #: 80-G-701369 Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
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