This is an "AK", successor/derivative of the "AC"
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What is that about? It wasn't stuck in the mud where it was beached.
The ship was taking on water and was beached. It took on even more water and slid off the beach and came to rest on the bottom.
It was raised and repaired.
Them is the facts. It sank.
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USS Indiana bombarding Kamaishi, Japan, 14 July 1945, The superstructure of USS Massachusetts (BB-59) is visible directly behind Indiana, The heavy cruiser in the left center distance is either USS Quincy (CA-71) or USS Chicago (CA-136)
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French battleship Richelieu against the backdrop of Manhattan, 18 February 1943
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USS New York during a fleet review off New York, 31 May 1934
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USS Saratoga (CV-3) landing aircraft, 6 June 1935
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British light cruiser HMS Belfast provides cover for the passage of Russian Convoy JW54B (Loch Ewe - Archangel). Off Kola Inlet, November 1943.
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The U.S. Navy escort carrier USS Bismarck Sea (CVE-95) loading Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bombers from a barge, circa in 1944
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USS North Carolina (BB-55) and USS Hornet (CV-8) underway in the Atlantic, Jan 1942
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The light scout Leone, lead ship of her class of "esploratori", sailing at high speed
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USS Topeka (CL-67) during her shakedown cruise. She is painted in Camouflage Measure 33, Design 24d. The photo was taken from USS Oklahoma City (CL-91), early 1945
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Tirpitz with her guns trained to port during an exercise, Baltic Sea, 1941
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Bow view of HMS Boadicea, one of the last iron warships built by the Royal Navy
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Kansas (BB-21)Battleship 8-25-1905
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Super Bowl flyover this year.
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Figure of Victory, USS Massachusetts (BB-2) likely around 1900.
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USS Iowa firing main guns at dusk - Super Carrier USS Saratoga (CV-60) in background undergoing underway replenishment
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USS Colorado steaming by lower Manhattan - 1932 - National Museum of Naval Aviation
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IJN Takao close up of forward superstructure, 1939
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Cruiser USS Northampton (CA-26) arriving at Brisbane, Australia, 5 Aug 1941
