File:USS West Virginia;014824.jpg

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Description U.S. Navy sailors in a motor launch rescue a survivor from the water alongside the sunken battleship USS West Virginia (BB-48) during or shortly after the Japanese air raid on Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941. USS Tennessee (BB-43) visible behind West Virginia. Note extensive distortion of West Virginia´s lower midships superstructure, caused by torpedo hits below. Also note 5"/25 gun, still partially covered with canvas, boat crane swung outboard and empty boat cradles near the smokestacks, and base of radar antenna atop West Virginia´s (BB-48) foremast.
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Source U.S. Navy photograph C-5904 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
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current03:48, 14 November 2022Thumbnail for version as of 03:48, 14 November 20225,554 × 4,272 (4.98 MB)Orpy15 (talk | contribs)Color corrected
21:17, 6 February 2015Thumbnail for version as of 21:17, 6 February 20155,721 × 4,534 (6.29 MB)Cobatfor (talk | contribs)new NHHC file
14:11, 6 April 2010Thumbnail for version as of 14:11, 6 April 2010950 × 744 (384 KB)Cobatfor (talk | contribs)larger photo from http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2010/03/18/captured-blog-the-pacific-and-adjacent-theaters/
18:03, 2 April 2007Thumbnail for version as of 18:03, 2 April 2007740 × 578 (85 KB)Editor at Large (talk | contribs)Losslessly cropped caption bar
07:52, 25 May 2005Thumbnail for version as of 07:52, 25 May 2005740 × 610 (90 KB)Wwoods (talk | contribs)USS_West_Virginia; http://www.navsource.org/archives/01/48a.htm {{PD_USN}}

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