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 |
| Author | U.S. Navy |
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| current | 15:48, 14 November 2022 | | 5,554 × 4,272 (4.98 MB) | Orpy15 | Color corrected |
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