File:Bombardment of Kamaishi, Japan, 14 July 1945 - 80-G-K-6035.tiff

Bombardment of Kamaishi, Japan, 14 July 1945   (  )
Photographer	Unknown authorUnknown author
Title	Bombardment of Kamaishi, Japan, 14 July 1945
Description	English: USS Indiana (BB-58) fires a salvo from her forward 16/45 guns at the Kamaishi plant of the Japan Iron Company, 250 miles north of Tokyo. A second before, USS South Dakota (BB-57), from which this photograph was taken, fired the initial salvo of the first naval gunfire bombardment of the Japanese Home Islands. The superstructure of USS Massachusetts (BB-59) is visible directly behind Indiana. The heavy cruiser in the left center distance is either USS Quincy (CA-71) or USS Chicago (CA-136) . Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
Depicted place	Kamaishi
Date	14 July 1945 date QS:P571,+1945-07-14T00:00:00Z/11
Collection	Naval History & Heritage Command    Parent institution United States Department of the Navy  Location Washington Navy Yard Established 1944  Website www.history.navy.mil  Authority file : Q3250126 VIAF: 1112145424606586830810 ISNI: 0000000121926193 LCCN: no2009080665 GND: 1104864061 WorldCat institution QS:P195,Q3250126
Accession number	80-G-K-6035
Source	https://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/photography/us-navy-ships/battleships/indiana-bb-58/80-G-K-6035.html
Permission (Reusing this file)	“Most of the photos found in our collection are in the public domain and may be downloaded and used without permissions or special requirements (those which are not will be noted in the copyright section of the image description).”[1]
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	Established	1944
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	Established	1944
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