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- IDNO:
- 001487
- Title:
- U.S.S. West Virginia Leaving Dry Dock
- Date:
- 1921/11/19
- Description:
- U.S.S. West Virginia leaving dry docks with a crowd of onlookers.
- 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:
- 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:
- 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:
- 048506
- Title:
- Miss Alice Wright-Mann at Christening and Launch of the U.S.S. West Virginia
- Date:
- 1921/11/19
- Description:
- Alice Wright-Mann, of Mercer County, is pictured with a large bouquet of flowers and what appears to be a bottle of champagne.Ms. Wright-Mann sponsored the battleship which was built by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co. of Newport News, Va. Wright-Mann was the daughter of a millionaire coalmine operator, Isaac T. Mann.
- IDNO:
- 048507
- Title:
- Christening and Launch of U.S.S. West Virginia
- Date:
- 1921/11/19
- Description:
- Miss Alice Wright-Mann, third from left holding a large bouquet and bottle, poses with a group on the battleship. The rest of the subjects are unidentified.Alice Wright-Mann, of Mercer County, sponsored the battleship which was built by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co. of Newport News, Va. Wright-Mann was the daughter of a millionaire coalmine operator, Isaac T. Mann.