Image: USS Alabama (BB-60) fires guns 1943
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Description: The U.S. Navy battleship USS Alabama (BB-60) firing her 40.6 cm guns during combined British and American fleet exercises. The photograph was taken from the Royal Navy battleship HMS Anson (79). Alabama and USS South Dakota (BB-57) operated with the British Home Fleet in 1943. In June 1943, the ships, together with HMS Duke of York (17) and HMS Anson took part in "Operation Gearbox" (to Spitsbergen).
Title: USS Alabama (BB-60) fires guns 1943
Credit: This is photograph A 17629 from the collections of the Imperial War Museums.
Author: Lt. J.A. Hampton, Royal Navy official photographer
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