89-20-Z: U.S. Navy battleships firing guns on the Japanese mainland, July 1945. Perhaps this artwork details the first naval gunfire bombardment of the Japanese mainland on July 14, 1945 by Task Unit 34.8.1. (TU 34.8.1 ships included the battleships: USS South Dakota, USS Indiana, Massachusetts and the heavy cruisers: USS Quincy, USS Chicago and nine destroyers. Artwork by John Hamilton from his publication, “War at Sea.” Courtesy of the U.S. Navy Art Gallery.

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