USS NEW MEXICO (BB-40), USS MISSISSIPPI (BB-41), USS USS IDAHO (BB-42), USS WEST VIRGINIA (BB-48), USS ARIZONA (BB-39) and other ships of the US Fleet at anchor near Hawaii.
They were there to conduct simulated fleet engagement.
Photographed sometime between September and October 1940.
Photographed by Carl Mydans of LIFE Magazine.
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