USS California BB-44 in 1945
Note the modern fire control equipment
and mast-top radar antennas compared to the photograph on the previous
page
USN Photograph
USS New Mexico BB-40 in December 1941
Note that the "40" on the turret roof
has been painted over the life rafts
Detail from U.S. Naval Historical Center
Photograph # 19-N-27362
USS New Mexico BB-40 loading 14" (35.6
cm) HC shells in July 1944
Note turret rangefinders
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph
# 80-G-K-14228
14"/50 (35.6 cm) gun being salvaged from
USS California BB-44 ca. February 1942
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph
# NH 64487
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