Nope. In this video the camera men are standing on deck next to the guns firing. At the 3:28 mark in the video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5ATYPrZnSQ
Procedure aboard the Iowas was to roll the bridge windows down prior to firing, since the human bodies on the bridge could absorb the concussive force better than the windows could.
When Reagan rode the Iowa up the Hudson during the 1985 parade of ships for the Statue of Liberty restoration, there was an idea to fire the 16”ers in salute (sans shells). The idea was dropped when the Navy calculated that a massive number of windows in Lower Manhattan would shatter.
And during the NJ’s Vietnam tour a photog was put out on the bow to photograph the guns firing. He was told to open his mouth and put his finger on the button ... That his finger would instinctively depress the button when they fired.