On 9 August she came under fire during a shore bombardment and was hit by five shells.

At dawn on the 7th she engaged in shore bombardment to soften the landing area.

The preparatory shore bombardment began about 0700 and lasted until just before 0945.

Missouri served two tours of duty in Korea providing shore bombardment.

At that point, Preble began preparations for a shore bombardment.

By this stage in the war, shore bombardment was a highly-developed technique.

She had been converted in June 1777 into a vessel designed for shore bombardment.

The ships' 16-inch guns are now primarily for shore bombardment.

The missile is also deployed in the land attack role for shore bombardment.

Any enemy units hit by shore bombardment are immediately destroyed and do not return defending fire!