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| Keywords: Japanese battle line.jpg en Crew members sit atop the turret of a Japanese battleship in line formation The battleships are likely the Nagato and the Mutsu The photos were found on Saipan in the Marianas and were placed in a scrapbook made by CDR William Balden an naval aviator on board the Enterprise late 1920s to early 1930s http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/AdvQuery php U S Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation IJN The photo was found in February of 1944 and placed in a scrapbook assembled by CDR William H Balden USNR documenting his World War II service The dark smoke billowing from the funnel of the following battleship indicates she is still burning coal Also note the stern is relatively short The work done to extend it to maintain her speed despite the addition of armour plating and a wider torpedo was completed in her refitting from 1934 to 1936 PD-Japan-oldphoto PD-1996 Japan Nagato ship 1920 41 cm/45 3rd Year Type naval gun | ||||
