Good comparison between new 8"/55 (20.3
cm) Turrets on USS Baltimore (CA-68) and older
ones on USS Indianapolis (CA-35) in the near background. In the
far background is an unidentified Cleveland (CL-55) class light cruiser.
The four objects on the front of each
turret roof on USS Baltimore are periscopes, one for each gunlayer and
one for the turret captain.
Photograph taken in October 1944 at Mare
Island Navy Yard, California
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph
# NH 19-N-74297
Forward turrets of USS Rochester CA-124
in February 1954
Those present include (from left
to right): Colonel E.A. Wright, USMC, U.S. Naval Attache in Saigon;
His Excellency Ho Quang Hoai, Governor of South Vietnam; and Captain John
Quinn, USN, Commanding Officer of USS Rochester
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph
# NH 74132
Replacing center 8" (20.3 cm) gun of Turret
I on USS Canberra CAG-2
Photograph taken in 1967 at the U.S. Naval
Ship Repair Facility, Subic Bay, Philippines
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph
# USN 1142872
Loading 8" (20.3 cm) projectiles and powder
cans on USS Toledo CA-133 at Sasebo Harbor, Japan, in October 1950
U.S. Navy Photograph 80-G-420461
8" (20.3 cm) gun being rifled at the Washington Navy Yard, Washington, D.C.