Keywords: USS Texas-11.jpg Photo 80-G-244210 Bombardment of Cherbourg June 1944 A heavy German coast artillery shell falls between USS Texas BB-35 in the background and USS Arkansas BB-33 while the two battleships were engaging Battery Hamburg during the bombardment of Cherbourg France 25 June 1944 Photographed from the USS Arkansas Official U S Navy Photograph now in the collections of the National Archives Source http //www history navy mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-t/bb35 htm PD-USGov-Military-Navy USS Texas BB-35 1944 Battle of Cherbourg 25 June 1944-06-25 Naval shore bombardment in the Battle of Normandy |