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USS MASSACHUSETTS (BB-59) maneuvering off Casablanca, Morocco, during the North Africa invasion.

Photographed from USS MAYRANT (DD-402), on November 8, 1942.

U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command: 80-G-K-2133

USS STACK (DD-406), USS STERETT (DD-407), USS TUSCALOOSA (CA-37), USS QUINCY (CA-39) and USS OVERTON (DD-239) anchored in Hvalfjörður, Iceland.

Photographed from HMS Victorious something between January 27 and February 1, 1942.

Imperial War Museum Archive: A 7489, A 7486, A 7487, A 7485, A 7490, A 7488

USS TEXAS (BB-35), USS ROWAN (DD-405), USS STACK (DD-406) and USS RANGER (CV-4) docked at Norfolk Naval Shipyard.

Note: the enclosed 5"/38 caliber guns mounts on the flatbed rail cars next to the destroyers. T

Photographed by George Stock of LIFE Magazine. Identify by Peter Deforest. Most likely photographed on August 9, 1941.

LIFE Magazine Archives: 116626417, 116626422, 116626456

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Edit: date is based on the finding of Travis Davis, VP of the Battleship Texas Foundation.

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