# Uss iowa bb-61 pr

- By: Phan J. Alan Elliott
- Date: Taken on 1 July 1984
- Classification: Photograph
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- Museum: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Uss_iowa_bb-61_pr.jpg)
- Rights: Public domain
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USS Iowa (BB-61) fires a full broadside of her nine 16″/50 and six 5″/38 guns during a target exercise near Vieques Island, Puerto Rico (21°N 65°W / 21°N 65°W / 21; -65). Note concussion effects on the water surface, and 16-inch gun barrels in varying degrees of recoil.