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|image= [[Image:USS South Dakota (BB-57) at Scapa Flow, 1943.jpg|300px]] |caption= Battleship armament: 16"/45 caliber guns aboard the battleship [[USS South Dakota (BB-57)]].

|image=[[Image:BB61 USS Iowa BB61 broadside USN.jpg|300px]] |caption=The {{Sclass|Iowa|battleship}} {{USS|Iowa|BB-61|6}} fires a full [[broadside]] of her 16"/50 Mark 7 guns.

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