USS West Virginia (BB-48)

Photograph

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Maritime Museum of San Diego

Name/Title

USS West Virginia (BB-48)

Entry/Object ID

PC06439

Description

Starboard side view of the West Virginia underway at sea on slow bell, all turrets trained at 45 degrees to starboard, two float plaines on fantail area, flying US colors from after mast. launched 17 November 1921, severly damaged at Pearl Harbor, she survived to fight in the Phillipines Okinawa. She was scrapped on 24 August 1959.

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Black and White

Collection

Postcard Collection

Made/Created

Artist

United States Navy

Date made

n.d.

Place

Unknown

Unknown

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Postcard

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Writing Media

Nomenclature Class

Written Communication T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication

Search Terms

Postcard, III-A-2 U.S. Navy -- Battleships