USS New Mexico BB-40
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October 6, 1943: USS New Mexico BB-40 at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington.



June 15, 1944: The 5"/25 (127mm) guns on the USS New Mexico BB-40 being used to bombard Saipan.



July 1944: 14" shells lined up on the deck of the USS New Mexico BB-40.



October 21, 1944: USS New Mexico BB-40 at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington.



Early 1945: USS New Mexico BB-40, USS Idaho BB-42 and other ships operating in the Pacific.





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