Naval shore bombardment

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US Coast Guard guns firing at Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima, 1945
Photograph. Smoke rising from Mount Suribachi; United States Coast Guardsmen are stationed behind an artillery gun in...
US heavy bombardment of Peleliu, Palau, 1944
Photograph. American warship and landing craft bombarding Peleliu. Official caption on front: "Peleliu under heavy...
US landing craft cruising towards smoke covered coastline, Peleliu, 1944
Photograph. American landing craft cruising towards smoke covered coastline as seen from the deck of a landing craft....
US LCI (G)s launching artillery rockets at Mindanao Island, Philippines, 1945
Photograph. United States Navy LCI (G)s [Landing Craft, Infantry - Gunboat] launching artillery rockets at Mindanao...
US LVTs cruising towards Tinian, 1944
Photograph. American LVTs (Landing Vehicle, Tracked) cruising towards Tinian; artillery smoke is rising from the...
US Navy artillery guns firing at a Japanese coast, East China Sea
Photograph. United States Navy artillery guns firing at a Japanese coast. Official caption on front: "Navy warships...
US Navy artillery guns firing at Iwo Jima, Japan, 1945
Photograph. United States Navy artillery guns firing at the coast of Iwo Jima, as viewed from the ship's deck. Official...
US Navy artillery guns firing at Iwo Jima, Japan, 1945
Photograph. United States Navy artillery guns firing at the coast of Iwo Jima, as viewed from the ship's deck....
US Navy artillery guns firing at the coast of Peleliu, 1944
Photograph. Navy artillery guns firing at the coast of Peleliu, as viewed from the bridge of a ship. Official caption...
US Navy artillery guns firing at the coast of Peleliu, Palau, 1944
Photograph. Navy artillery guns firing at Peleliu, as viewed from the bridge of a ship. Official caption on front: "Big...
US Navy battleship covering LVTs cruising towards Okinawa, Japan, 1945
Photograph. American LVTs (Landing Vehicle, Tracked) full of United States servicemen cruising in open water as a...
US Navy battleship firing at Japanese shore positions, Pacific Ocean
Photograph. United States Navy battleship firing artillery guns at Japanese shore positions. Official caption on front...
US Navy battleships firing at Kamaishi Iron Works, Japan, 1945
Photograph. United States Navy battleships firing artillery at the Kamaishi Iron Works plant. Official caption on front...
US Navy bombardment of Japanese coastal fortifications, Guam, 1944
Photograph. Large explosion on a coastline. Official caption on front: "Jap funeral pyre at Guam. US Navy Photo 130-17...
US Navy bombing of Wotje Atoll, Marshall Islands, 1942
Photograph, aerial. Curtiss SOC Seagull flying over Wotje Atoll. Official caption on front: "Pacific Fleet bombards...
US Navy vessels firing at Angaur, Palau, 1944
Photograph. United States Navy warships and LCIs [Landing Craft, Infantry] bombarding a distant beach; dark smoke...
US Navy warship firing artillery guns at Japanese shore positions
Photograph. United States Navy warship firing artillery guns at Japanese shore positions during a night battle....
US Navy warship firing artillery guns off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, 1945
Photograph. United States Navy warship firing artillery guns, as seen from deck of ship. Official caption on front: "...
US Navy warship firing artillery rockets at Balikpapan, Borneo, 1945
Photograph. United States Navy warship firing artillery rockets, as viewed from ship deck. Official caption on front: "...
US Navy warships firing artillery at Morotai Island, Maluku Islands, 1944
Photograph. United States Navy warships firing artillery towards coastline in support of amphibious invasion. Official...
US sailors loading 14-inch artillery shells off the coast of Guam, 1944
Photograph. United States sailors on the deck of a ship loading 14-inch artillery shells in preparation for shore...
US warship firing artillery guns towards Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima, 1945
Photograph. American warship firing artillery guns towards Mount Suribachi, as viewed from teh ship's bridge. Official...
US warship firing artillery rockets at Tarakan, Borneo, 1945
Photograph. American warship firing artillery rockets at a smoke-covered beach, as viewed from ship deck. Official...
US warships firing artillery rockets at Peleliu, Palau, 1944
Photograph. United States Navy warships firing artillery rockets at the coast of Peleliu. Official caption on front: "...
USS Denver firing at Parang, Mindanao Island, 1945
Photograph. USS Denver (CL-58) [center] firing artillery guns at Parang, as seen from the ship in foreground. Official...
USS Nevada firing its guns at a French coast, 1944
Photograph. USS Nevada (BB-36) firing its 14-inch guns. Official caption on front: "USS Nevada shells French coast with...
USS New Mexico firing at the coast of Guam, 1944
Photograph. USS New Mexico (BB-40) firing its artillery guns towards a coastline. Official caption on front: "New...
USS New York firing artillery guns at Iwo Jima, Japan, 1945
Photograph. USS New York (BB-34) firing artillery guns at the coast of Iwo Jima, as viewed from the deck of a ship....
USS Portland firing at Mindoro Island, Philippines, 1945
Photograph. USS Portland (CA-33) firing artillery guns at Mindoro Island; seaplane wing in foreground. Official caption...
War-damaged Japanese airbase, Mili Atoll
Photograph, aerial. Bomb craters covering a Japanese airbase. Official caption on front: "Effect of naval bombardment...
Waves of US landing craft cruising toward Iwo Jima, Japan, 1945
Photograph, aerial. Waves of American landing craft cruising toward coastline; American warships are firing artillery...
Waves of US landing craft cruising toward Iwo Jima, Japan, 1945
Photograph, aerial. Waves of American landing craft cruising toward coastline; smoke on coast from naval bombardment....
With a deafening roar, the 16' batteries of the U.S.S. Iowa loose tons of steel at a distant target during the shakedown cruise of the sea giant in October 1944
284.Photograph. USS Iowa.'46628 October 26, 1944 Challenge With a deafening roar, the 16' batteries of the U.S.S. Iowa...

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