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#otd USS Iwo Jima LPH-2 underway off of Norfolk, Virginia, 30 October 1974 #ussiwojima #lph2 #navalsafari #boneyardsafari

#otd USS Independence, (1814-1913) Entering drydock at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, on 30 October 1886 #ussindependence #navalsafari #boneyardsafari

USS Iowa BB-61 with grass growing from a damaged deck plank, at the Philadelphia Naval Base, where the ship is laid up, October 1978 #ussiowa #bb61 #navalsafari #boneyardsafari

Let’s check out the M61 gun in CIWS #m61 #ciws #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari #navalsafari

Would you like to learn about the Iowa Class Battleships? #battleship #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari #navalsafari

#otd USS St. Lo CVE-63 after she was hit be a Kamikaze at Battle of Leyte Gulf, 25 October 1944 #ussstlo #cve63 #navalsafari #boneyardsafari

#otd USS Kitkun Bay CVE-71 prepares to launch FM-2 Wildcats in the center distance, Japanese shells are splashing near USS White Plains CVE-66 #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari #navalsafari

#otd Crewmembers salute as the Japanese Naval Ensign is lowered on the sinking carrier Zuikaku, during the afternoon of 25 October 1944 #ijnzuikaku #wwii #navalsafari #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

#otd USS Princeton LPH-5 underway, 6 May 1959. #lph5 #ussprinceton #navalsafari #aviationsafari #aviationpreservation #boneyardsafari...

USS Iowa BB-61 making smoke from No. 2 Stack, during her shakedown period, circa May 1943 #ussiowa #bb61 #navalsafari #aviationsafari...