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- IDNO:
- 001491
- Title:
- U.S.S. West Virginia after Launch, Newport News, Va.
- Date:
- 1921
- Description:
- The U.S.S. West Virginia floats out into Hampton Roads after being launched at the Newport News shipyard. Afterwards she was outfitted and commissioned in 1923.
- IDNO:
- 001492
- Title:
- Dinner Party for Christening of U.S.S. West Virginia
- Date:
- 1921/11/19
- Description:
- Men and women dining in celebration of the U.S.S. West Virginia.
- IDNO:
- 001493
- Title:
- U.S.S. West Virginia Launched
- Date:
- 1921/11/19
- Description:
- Taken at Hampton Roads Va. Photo of the U.S.S. West Virginia taken after launching. Credit Line: Navy Department photo no. 80-CF-2058-2 in National Archives.
- IDNO:
- 001494
- Title:
- U.S.S. West Virginia
- Date:
- 1921/11/19
- Description:
- The U.S.S. West Virginia next to another much smaller boat. Stamped on back: Official photograph. Not to be used for publication by order of the Chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics.
- IDNO:
- 001495
- Title:
- U.S.S. West Virginia Being Scrapped - Todd Shipyards, Seattle, Wa.
- Date:
- 1961/02
- Description:
- U.S.S. West Virginia docked.
- IDNO:
- 001496
- Title:
- Dry Dock Just After the Launching of the U.S.S. West Virginia
- Date:
- 1921/11/19
- Description:
- A crowd disperses after the launching of the battleship.
- IDNO:
- 001497
- Title:
- Ceremony Honoring the Mast of the U.S.S. West Virginia In Front of the Capitol Building, Charleston, W. Va.
- Date:
- undated
- Description:
- A group of men salute the American flag at a ceremony honoring World War II veterans and the U.S.S. West Virginia battleship.
- IDNO:
- 001498
- Title:
- Governor Barron Inspects the Mast of the U.S.S. West Virginia in front of Capitol Building, Charleston, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1961/03/13
- Description:
- Barron touches the U.S.S. West Virginia mass. The capitol building stands in the background.
- IDNO:
- 001499
- Title:
- U.S.S. West Virginia Immediately after Launch, Newport News, Va.
- Date:
- 1921/11/19
- Description:
- The U.S.S. West Virginia at sea moments after her launch in November 1921, surrounded by support craft. The battleship, nicknamed the "Wee Vee", was commissioned in December 1, 1923.
- IDNO:
- 001500
- Title:
- Mast of the U.S.S. West Virginia Being Loaded for Shipment to Morgantown, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1961/02
- Description:
- Mast of U.S.S. West Virginia being loaded at Todd Shipyards in Seattle, Washington for shipment to Morgantown in February 1961.
- IDNO:
- 001501
- Title:
- Christening of the U.S.S. West Virginia
- Date:
- 1921/11/19
- Description:
- The christening of the U.S.S. West Virginia by Alice Wright Mann, daughter of a prominent West Virginian.
- IDNO:
- 001502
- Title:
- Mast of the U.S.S. West Virginia Arrives on WVU Campus, Morgantown, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1961/02
- Description:
- Students and others gather around the mast of the U.S.S. West Virginia, one of the ships sunk during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. Identified student, bottom left corner is Thomas V. Kreitzer.
