File:USS Pennsylvania moving into Lingayen Gulf.jpg
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current | 00:44, 16 January 2017 | 1,384 × 1,109 (275 KB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | The U.S. Navy battleship USS <i>Pennsylvania</i> (BB-38) leads USS <i>Colorado</i> (BB-45), USS <i>Louisville</i> (CA-28), USS <i>Portland</i> (CA-33), and USS <i>Columbia</i> (CL-56) 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.<br> Note that the wartime censor has removed <i>Pennsylvania</i>´s radar antennas. |
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