This photo dates to September 5, 1923. The caption reads: What a Bomber from the air can do to a battleship: The doomed battleship Virginia - Seven Minutes Before Noon. This was just before an 1100-pound bomb exploded alongside. She sunk within 20 minutes. In 1922, the U.S. War Department classified the Virginia as a target ship for bombing tests, along with her sister ship the USS New Jersey. The New Jersey was bombed first and sunk and then the Virginia.
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This photo dates to September 5, 1923. The caption reads: What a Bomber from the air can do to a battleship: The doomed battleship Virginia - Seven Minutes Before Noon. This was just before an 1100-pound bomb exploded alongside. She sunk within 20 minutes. In 1922, the U.S. War Department classified the Virginia as a target ship for bombing tests, along with her sister ship the USS New Jersey. The New Jersey was bombed first and sunk and then the Virginia.

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Photo12/Universal Images Group/Ivy Close Images

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UMG25A05_446

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Droits gérés

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31,4Mo (2,2Mo) / 43,2cm x 18,2cm / 5100 x 2153 (300dpi)

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bombing tests target ship USS Virginia USS New Jersey U.S. War Department bomb drop ship battleship exploding war driulls war practice bombing raid bombing bombs 1920s 20th century

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