April 16, 1945

16 _____ 400 GQ for bombarding (Ie Shima) 12 miles from Okinawa. All 800 our troops invaded the island. 930 planes showed up seven were shot down _ we got two. We set a new record in firing _ we fired 1183 since last night _ thats five inch. we got out of GQ at 1111 _ Cond III set later cond II for bombarding Bombarding... . We did no more

3 BB ___ 2 CA
N.Y.
______ 2-CL
_____ Mobile
_____ Ber.

firing set Cond III at 1700 went to (Point Bowlow.)
46 days out of states
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Record set was 1183 rounds of 5 inch ammunition, apparently overnight. Photo is of the actual Ie Shima bombardment.

Joe lists ships involved:
3 battleships, but he only identifies the New York.
2 heavy crusiers (CA)
2 light cruisers (CL), the Mobile and Ber., which is probably the Birmingham.