nevada bombarding french shores during operation dragoon, august 1944.
after d-day, allies headed toulon amphibious assault, codenamed operation dragoon. support this, many ships sent beaches of normandy mediterranean, including 5 battleships (the united states nevada, texas, arkansas, british ramillies, , free french lorraine), 3 heavy cruisers (augusta, tuscaloosa , quincy), , many destroyers , landing craft transferred south.
nevada bombarding iwo jima, 19 february 1945
nevada supported operation 15 august 25 september 1944, dueling big willie : heavily reinforced fortress 4 340 mm (13.4 in) guns in 2 twin turrets. these guns had been salvaged french battleship provence after scuttling of french fleet in toulon; guns had range of 19 nautical miles (35 km) , commanded every approach port of toulon. in addition, fortified heavy armor plate bedded rocky sides of island of saint mandrier. due these dangers, fire-support ships assigned operation ordered level fortress. beginning on 19 august, , continuing on subsequent days, 1 or more heavy warships bombarded in conjunction low-level bomber strikes. on 23rd, bombardment force headed nevada struck damaging blow fort during 6½ hour battle, saw 354 salvos fired nevada. toulon fell on 25th, fort, though coming apart @ seams , held out 3 more days.
nevada headed new york have gun barrels relined. in addition, 14 /45 caliber guns (356 mm) turret 1 replaced mark 8 guns turret 2 of arizona; these new guns relined mark 12 specifications. after completed, sailed pacific, arriving off iwo jima on 16 february 1945 [prepare] island invasion heavy bombardment ; did through 7 march. during invasion, moved within 600 yd (550 m) shore provide maximum firepower troops advancing.
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