Landing the Big One

Landing the Big One

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Life imitating art

Cover April 1938 issue Popular Mechanics:



Photograph January 1945:



Description: The battleship USS Pennsylvania leads USS Colorado, USS Louisville, USS Portland, and USS Columbia into Lingayen Gulf before the landing on Luzon, Philippines in January 1945. Battleships and other big gun naval vessels that served in the Pacific Theatre during World War II were used primarily for offshore bombardment of enemy positions and as anti-aircraft screens for aircraft carriers.

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