File:Forward gun turrets of USS Monssen (DD-798) c1945.jpg

From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Original file(2,248 × 3,042 pixels, file size: 3.19 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Summary[edit]

Description The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Monssen (DD-798) during gunfire support of an amphibious landing operation, possibly Saipan. Shown are the ship’s 127 mm/38 guns firing at shore emplacements.
Date circa 1945
date QS:P,+1945-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Source Official U.S. Navy photo S-090.03 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
Author U.S. Navy

Licensing[edit]

Public domain
This file is a work of a sailor or employee of the U.S. Navy, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, it is in the public domain in the United States.

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current22:06, 19 December 2015Thumbnail for version as of 22:06, 19 December 20152,248 × 3,042 (3.19 MB)Cobatfor (talk | contribs)== {{int:filedesc}} == {{Information |Description=The U.S. Navy destroyer USS ''Monssen'' (DD-798) during gunfire support of an amphibious landing operation, possibly Saipan. Shown are the ship’s 127 mm/38 guns firing at shore emplacements. |Source...