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The motor boat that carries the officers to and from shore idles beside the battleship.

49. Officers' Motor Boat Beside the U.S.S. West Virginia

The battleship out at sea.

50. U.S.S. West Virginia Crashing through Wave

A crew tends to the ship.

51. U.S.S. West Virginia in Navy Yard Dry Dock somewhere in Washington

Crew members look out to the sea from the deck.

52. U.S.S. West Virginia Out at Sea

Crew members hanging out of the West Virginia and in a smaller boat alongside attempt to right the overturned boat.

53. Capsized Sail Boat Off of U.S.S. West Virginia

Captain Furlong was commander of the ship.

54. Captain William Furlong Aboard the U.S.S. West Virginia

A crowd awaits the U.S.S. West Virginia crew returning from a voyage. The boat on the left is the captain's "gig."

55. Navy Landing, Long Beach, Ca.

American president Franklin D. Roosevelt inspected the Pacific Fleet, including the U.S.S. West Virginia.

56. President Franklin D. Roosevelt Boards Cruiser Houston, San Francisco Bay, CA

A sailor prepares to dive into the sea off the deck of the U.S.S. West Virginia.

57. Scuba Diver off U.S.S. West Virginia

Crew members pal around during the crossing initiation ceremony, where sailors who have never crossed the equator before are "brought before Neptune" and tested.

58. U.S.S. West Virginia Crossing the Equator

The U.S.S. West Virginia floats beneath the bridge.

59. U.S.S. West Virginia beneath Oakland-San Francisco Bay Bridge, Ca.

The Japanese hit the "Wee Vee" with nine bombs and torpedoes during the attack. The U.S.S. Tennessee is moored on the right.

60. U.S.S. West Virginia Burning and Sinking after Pearl Harbor Attack, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

On the left, only the top deck and caged masts of the U.S.S. West Virginia can be seen. The U.S.S. West Virginia was hit with nine bombs and torpedoes total. In the center is the U.S.S. Arizona and on the right is the U.S.S. Tennessee. All ships are on fire.

61. U.S.S. West Virginia Sinking after Pearl Harbor Attack, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

Men on boats attempt to extinguish the fire on the U.S.S. West Virginia.

62. Crews Fighting Fires on U.S.S. West Virginia after Japanese Attack, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

The U.S.S. West Virginia looks battered and wounded while docked at the naval shipyard. The "Wee Vee" was hit by nine bombs and torpedoes by the Japanese warplanes during the December 7th attack.

63. Salvaging Operations aboard the U.S.S. West Virginia, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

Crew members during a salvage and repair operation work port side of the battered battleship. The U.S.S. West Virginia was hit by seven torpedoes and two bombs during the December 7th attack.

64. Gaping Wound on U.S.S. West Virginia, Pearl Harbor Naval Base, Hawaii

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.

65. Aerial Photograph taken from Japanese Plane during Attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

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.

66. Burning and Damaged Ships After Japanese Attack, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

Smoke rises from the sinking battleship, which was hit by seven torpedoes and two bombs.

67. Damaged U.S.S. West Virginia after Japanese Attack, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

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.

68. Damaged Battleships following Japanese Attack, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

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.

69. Doris Miller Awarded Navy Cross, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

"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.

70. United States Fleet off Leyte, Philippines

U.S.S. West Virginia (BB-48) anchored in an unidentified location.

71. U.S.S. West Virginia

72. Aerial View of U.S.S. West Virginia

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.

73. U.S.S. West Virginia in Dry Dock

"The W. Va. is shown as she was photographed at a dry dock in Pearl Harbor. The battleship was severely damaged in the Japanese raid Dec. 7, 1941. Damages to her sides are visible."

74. U.S.S. West Virginia in Dry Dock, Pearl Harbor, Hi.