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USA / Japan: USS Pennsylvania, USS Colorado, USS Louisville, USS Portland and USS Columbia enter Lingayen Gulf, Philippines, January 1945

USA / Japan: USS Pennsylvania, USS Colorado, USS Louisville, USS Portland and USS Columbia enter Lingayen Gulf, Philippines, January 1945

The battleship USS Pennsylvania leads USS Colorado, USS Louisville, USS Portland, and USS Columbia into Lingayen Gulf before the landing on Luzon, Philippines in January 1945. Battleships and other big gun naval vessels that served in the Pacific Theatre during World War II were used primarily for offshore bombardment of enemy positions and as anti-aircraft screens for aircraft carriers.

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