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The first shot doesn't show the USS Idaho in 1945. It is a shot taken circa 1930 during her training. The battle ship started its modernization at the end of September 1931 in the Norfolk Navy Yeard. The work included changing of the ridiculous looking lattice masts for the tripod ones. Here is her final configuration ..... and a shot taken at Iwo Jima 1945 ...



 
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