Arkansas (BB 33) - Naval Cruise Book

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RIFLE W PATIENCE AND SKILL ARE REQUIRED TO HANDLE THE 50-FOOT GUN- 10 FEET LONGER THAN A RAILROAD BOXCAR MUZZLE FIRST, THE NEW STARBOARD RIFLE ENTERS THE AFTER END OF TURRET TWO

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BOSTON After firing hundreds of full service rounds on the beach heads of Normandy, Cherbourg, and Southern France, the Arky ' s guns were replaced as part of the Boston Navy Yard overhaul. New fire control instru- ments were installed and necessary repairs and alter- ations were made to give the Arky additional offensive power for her forthcoming operations in the Pacific. HUGE CRANES HOIST THE OLD RIFLE OUT OF THE TURRET HER TOP PLATES REMOVED. TURRET SIX IS READY FOR REGUNNING

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i : v v %J . ■ w •• fc :• ' W = te g BUJmW ULITHI s i This was Ulithi, our fleet rendezvous for both the Iwo Jima and Okinawa campaigns. In this quiet anchorage in the western Carolines, we saw a Kamikaze hurtle through the sky and smash into flames on the flight deck of the U. S. S. RANDOLPH, four thousand yards off our bow. In the hectic days between the two campaigns, we rearmed, provisioned, and topped off on fuel, and still had time for a few hours of recreation on Mog- Mog, a tiny green island in the Ulithi atoll.