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A crowd awaits the U.S.S. West Virginia crew returning from a voyage. The boat on the left is the captain's "gig."
Captain Furlong was commander of the ship.
Crew members hanging out of the West Virginia and in a smaller boat alongside attempt to right the overturned boat.
Crew members look out to the sea from the deck.
A crew tends to the ship.
The battleship out at sea.
The motor boat that carries the officers to and from shore idles beside the battleship.
View looking at the 16" guns.
The motor boats were used to transport enlisted men to and from shore.
One of the two scout planes on the U.S.S. West Virginia sits on the stern deck.
Captain William Furlong peers out at the navigation bridge during a U.S.S. West Virginia voyage.
Crew members fire the 5" guns.
Looking up at the mast from the ship's deck.
The admiral is greeted with a band and guard as he boards the ship.
The plane sits on the battleship's deck.
The old captain of the ship, William R. Furlong (right), stands beside the new captain of the ship, William O. Spears (left).
The U.S.S. West Virginia crew organized on the deck.
Kalbfus is welcomed by 8 side boys, full guard, and band as well as the orderly duty and the quartermasters.
A boat speeds across the sea while the U.S.S. West Virginia lurks in the background.
Two sailors on the deck observe the gunfire.
A group of men are scattered along the dry dock inspecting and repairing the ship.
The battleship's deck is briefly flooded by seawater.
A sailor stands in the boat while it's being raised by the battleship's crane. The "punt" boat was used only to paint the sides of the ship. The boat pictured on the far left is a whale boat, which is used as a life boat and is also used in racing. The boat on the right  is called a "racing cutter" and is also used as a life boat and in cutter racing.