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MAKE A MEME View Large Image Mississippi (BB 41) in the Gulf of Panama, March 21, 1923. This experimental firing was a big press event which had Iowa bombarded by 5” batters from 8,000 yards away, hit by 30 14” shells from a greater distance, and then finally sunk ...

Mississippi (BB 41) in the Gulf of Panama, March 21, 1923. This experimental firing was a big press event which had Iowa bombarded by 5” batters from 8,000 yards away, hit by 30 14” shells from a greater distance, and then finally sunk ...

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Keywords: NMUSN-P-D-2015-1-21: USS Iowa (Coast Battleship #4) under fire from USS Mississippi (BB 41) in the Gulf of Panama, March 21, 1923. This experimental firing was a big press event which had Iowa bombarded by 5” batters from 8,000 yards away, hit by 30 14” shells from a greater distance, and then finally sunk by heavy projectiles of 14” inch shells. Collection of Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy, Jr. (2015/12/14). NMUSN-P-D-2015-1-21: USS Iowa (Coast Battleship #4) under fire from USS Mississippi (BB 41) in the Gulf of Panama, March 21, 1923. This experimental firing was a big press event which had Iowa bombarded by 5” batters from 8,000 yards away, hit by 30 14” shells from a greater distance, and then finally sunk by heavy projectiles of 14” inch shells. Collection of Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy, Jr. (2015/12/14).