and Roar as Though the Battle Were Real 



Above : Behind her 

 each battleship of the 

 defending division tows 

 a target at eight knots. 

 The target is a scant 

 four hundred yards 

 astern— uncomfortably 

 close when the big 

 fourteen-inch guns 

 are trained on it. 

 Two targets are 

 towed by this ship 



In center above: Al- 

 though the big shells 

 are striking just four 

 hundred yards astern, 

 the errors in the range 

 are either "shorts" or 

 "overs." Lateral 

 errors are rare. The 

 photograph shows a 

 sailor signaling to the 

 range-finder a shot 

 "short" of the target 



Pictxire continued from 

 opposite page. Two 

 vivid flashes from the 

 enemy ship and two 

 shells "straddle" the 

 target, one just short 

 and the other just over 

 — a perfect shot for 

 range. After striking 

 the water the shells 

 ricochet and bound 

 two hundred feet in air 



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