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402 photos and 97 illustrations tagged cannon, from 42 members of Flickr Commons.

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• artillery
• wwi
• worldwari
• worldwarone
• greatwar
• thegreatwar
• xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11
• libraryofcongress
• bldigital
• publicdomain
• mechanicalcurator
• ww1
• firstworldwar
• artillerymen
• soldiers
• war
• soldier
• france
• vol0
• pubplacelondon
• artilleryman
• large
• medium
• sherlocknet:category=organism

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• SDASM Archives 140 photos & illustrations
• The Library of Congress 116 photos & illustrations
• British Library 96 photos & illustrations
• National Library of Scotland 23 photos & illustrations
• National Library of Ireland on The Commons 14 photos & illustrations
• U.S. National Archives 14 photos & illustrations
• Université de Caen Normandie 9 photos & illustrations
• State Library of New South Wales 8 photos & illustrations
• University of Victoria Libraries 6 photos & illustrations
• Gallen-Kallelan Museo 6 photos & illustrations
• Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons 5 photos & illustrations
• The Library of Virginia 5 photos & illustrations

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TENNESSEE (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• Art Siegel said:

  see

• B-59 said:

  A similar photo is in The Guthrie daily leader., June 10, 1920, HOME, Image 1 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86063952/1920-06-10/ed-... and in The Sun and the New York herald., June 13, 1920, Section 5 Rotographic Section, Image 60 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030273/1920-06-13/ed-...

• Christopher Cavas said:

  Both photos were likely taken at New York Navy Yard on the day of the battleship's commissioning, 3 June 1920. The deck view is taken from the ship's fantail looking forward. Note numerous visitors on deck, including women in formal attire, as well as photographers with tripods, indicating a festive occasion, yet a great number of shipyard workers dressed for work occupy most of the topside spaces above the main deck. The ship is incomplete -- scaffolding surrounds the main top, and calibration equipment is attached to the 14-inch guns of No.4 main batter turret. TENNESSEE was officially completed and delivered to the Navy on 16 September 1920.

• Art Siegel said:

  Christopher Cavas follow photo link for article about commissioning ceremony.

joyce secciani wasp image Anti Aircraft

from SDASM Archives

• Ken Glaze said:

  Given this is labeled as "Tracking with the 90", I have reason to believe that this is actually a photo of the 89th Coast Artillery Regiment, Antiaircraft, Military District of Washington, Eastern Defense Command. This unit trained with both the 40mm Bofors and the 90mm AA gun. This was an experiment in using women as defensive gunners. Reference: THE MILITARY HISTORY OF WASHINGTON IN THE WAR YEARS, 1942 – 1945, by William H. Cartwright, Jr.

• Rachel Wright said:

  Ken Glaze
  What a fun fact about women serving during WW2. The picture above though is definitely Camp Davis, as noted in the description WASP were sent there to tow targets for the men who were training - Camp Davis was an important antiaircraft training center during World War II.
  
  Here are some additional photos from the same event that show a little more detail and can be traced to WASP history.
  
  twudigital.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p214coll...
  twudigital.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p214coll...

Wire wrapping of 14" gun (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• swanq said:

  See