Search Results
- IDNO:
- 052128
- Title:
- Aerial Photograph taken from Japanese Plane during Attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
- Date:
- 1941/12/07
- Description:
- The photograph was taken at the beginning of the attack. The explosion seen in the center of the photograph is a torpedo that struck the U.S.S. West Virginia.
- IDNO:
- 052129
- Title:
- Burning and Damaged Ships After Japanese Attack, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
- Date:
- 1941/12/07
- Description:
- An official U.S. Navy photograph. From left to right is the U.S.S. West Virginia, U.S.S. Tennessee, and the U.S.S. Arizona.
- IDNO:
- 052130
- Title:
- Damaged U.S.S. West Virginia after Japanese Attack, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
- Date:
- 1941/12/07
- Description:
- Smoke rises from the sinking battleship, which was hit by seven torpedoes and two bombs.
- IDNO:
- 052131
- Title:
- Damaged Battleships following Japanese Attack, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
- Date:
- 1941/12/07
- Description:
- Smoke billows from the U.S.S. West Virginia, which is pictured in the back and center of the photograph. The ship eventually sank.Floating on the left is the U.S.S. Maryland. On the right is a capsized U.S.S. Oklahoma.
- IDNO:
- 052132
- Title:
- Doris Miller Awarded Navy Cross, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
- Date:
- 1942/05/27
- Description:
- Miller was a member of the U.S.S. West Virginia as a Messman Third Class during the attack on Pearl Harbor. He was awarded the Navy Cross--the third highest navy award for gallantry during combat--for "distinguished devotion to duty, extraordinary courage and disregard for his own personal safety during the attack. Miller, despite enemy strafing and bombing and in the face of serious fire, assisted in moving his Captain who had been mortally wounded to a place of greater safety and later manned and operated a machine gun directed at enemy Japanese attacking aircraft until ordered to leave the bridge."Miller was personally awarded the medal by Admiral Chester Nimitz. He was the first African-American to be awarded the honor.
- IDNO:
- 052258
- Title:
- Fern Evans in West Coast Aircraft Plant
- Date:
- 1942/05
- Description:
- Fern Evan's husband, GM3e Woodrow W. Evans was killed aboard the U.S.S. West Virginia during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, leaving Fern to support herself and their 20 month old son. Subsequently, Mrs. Evans was employed at a West Coast aircraft plant. She's shown here working on a radio bracket for a bomber.
- IDNO:
- 052287
- Title:
- U.S.S. West Virginia Mast in Memorial Plaza, Morgantown, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1961-1963
- Description:
- The installation of U.S.S. West Virginia's mast nears completion at Memorial Plaza on the campus of West Virginia University. The Mountainlair and Stewart Hall are visible in the background.
- IDNO:
- 052288
- Title:
- U.S.S. West Virginia Bell Prior to Installation, Morgantown, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1967
- Description:
- Bell of the U.S.S. West Virginia before installation on the campus of West Virginia University. The bell was dedicated on December 7, 1967, and joined the mast of the U.S.S. West Virginia in Memorial Plaza.
- IDNO:
- 052334
- Title:
- United States Fleet off Leyte, Philippines
- Date:
- 1944/10
- Description:
- "The guns of U.S.S. West Virginia (BB-48) in operation. L.C.M.'s in foreground." L.C.M. stands for Landing Craft Mechanized.
- IDNO:
- 052335
- Title:
- U.S.S. West Virginia
- Date:
- undated
- Description:
- U.S.S. West Virginia (BB-48) anchored in an unidentified location.
- IDNO:
- 052336
- Title:
- Aerial View of U.S.S. West Virginia
- IDNO:
- 052337
- Title:
- U.S.S. West Virginia in Dry Dock
- Date:
- ca. 1920-1921
- Description:
- U.S.S. West Virginia in dry dock, likely in Newport News, Va. during construction. The keel was laid down in April 1920, and the ship was launched in November 1921.
