Search Results

Photograph comes from a U.S.S. West Virginia scrapbook.

7. Naval Fleet Displaying Searchlights at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

Portraits of the men in the U.S.S. West Virginia's S Division, which handled supply, disbursing, and commissary.  All photos are identified with last name and first initials.  Several of the men are also identified by nickname.  William Hand is at bottom center.

8. S-Division, U.S.S. West Virginia

The battleship's deck is briefly flooded by seawater.

9. U.S.S. West Virginia en Route to Bremerton, Wa. Navy Yard

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.

10. U.S.S. West Virginia Crane Hoisting "Punt" Boat

11. U.S.S. West Virginia at Sea

View from the battleship's deck during the voyage.

12. U.S.S. West Virginia Enroute to Seattle, Wa. from San Francisco, Ca.