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Postcard of the U.S.S. West Virginia at sea outside of a city. The photograph was taken before 1941.

1. U.S.S. West Virginia with Another Battleship in Background

Postcard of the U.S.S. West Virginia going under the Brooklyn Bridge.

2. U.S.S. West Virginia Passes Under the Brooklyn Bridge, Ny.

The U.S.S. West Virginia and USS Oklahoma at sea.  Text on back reads 'Official U.S. Navy photographs from C941635...Watch your credit...international news photos slug West Virginia-Oklahoma' U.S. Battleships bombed by Japs.  Washington, D.C...Two U.S. Warships, the Battleships West Virginia 'Top' and Oklahoma 'Bottom', were reported damaged or sunk in the Japanese bombing attack on the Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Naval Base. G-12-7-41-9/30PM.

3. U.S.S. West Virginia (Top) and the U.S.S. Oklahoma (Bottom)

U.S.S. West Virginia leaving dry docks with a crowd of onlookers.

4. U.S.S. West Virginia Leaving Dry Dock

Picture of the Mast of the U.S.S. West Virginia pictured in front of Elizabeth Moore Hall at Friday noon, March 17, 1961.

5. Mast of the U.S.S. West Virginia Arrives on WVU Campus

Picture of the guns of the U.S.S. West Virginia 'BB-48'. Credit Line, Navy Department, photo no. 80-G-3 39585.

6. Guns of the U.S.S. West Virginia

The U.S.S. West Virginia floats out into Hampton Roads after being launched at the Newport News shipyard. Afterwards she was outfitted and commissioned in 1923.

7. U.S.S. West Virginia after Launch, Newport News, Va.

Men and women dining in celebration of the U.S.S. West Virginia.

8. Dinner Party for Christening of U.S.S. West Virginia

Taken at Hampton Roads Va. Photo of the U.S.S. West Virginia taken after launching.  Credit Line: Navy Department photo no. 80-CF-2058-2 in National Archives.

9. U.S.S. West Virginia Launched

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.

10. U.S.S. West Virginia

U.S.S. West Virginia docked.

11. U.S.S. West Virginia Being Scrapped - Todd Shipyards, Seattle, Wa.

A crowd disperses after the launching of the battleship.

12. Dry Dock Just After the Launching of the U.S.S. West Virginia

A group of men salute the American flag at a ceremony honoring World War II veterans and the U.S.S. West Virginia battleship.

13. Ceremony Honoring the Mast of the U.S.S. West Virginia In Front of the Capitol Building, Charleston, W. Va.

Barron touches the U.S.S. West Virginia mass. The capitol building stands in the background.

14. Governor Barron Inspects the Mast of the U.S.S. West Virginia in front of Capitol Building, Charleston, W. Va.

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.

15. U.S.S. West Virginia Immediately after Launch, Newport News, Va.

Mast of U.S.S. West Virginia being loaded at Todd Shipyards in Seattle, Washington for shipment to Morgantown in February 1961.

16. Mast of the U.S.S. West Virginia Being Loaded for Shipment to Morgantown, W. Va.

The christening of the U.S.S. West Virginia by Alice Wright Mann, daughter of a prominent West Virginian.

17. Christening of the U.S.S. West Virginia

Students and others gather around the mast of the U.S.S. West Virginia, one of the ships sunk during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. Identified student, bottom left corner is Thomas V. Kreitzer.

18. Mast of the U.S.S. West Virginia Arrives on WVU Campus, Morgantown, W. Va.

The U.S.S. West Virginia out at sea, moments after launching from the dry dock.

19. Launching of the U.S.S. West Virginia

The mast of the U.S.S. West Virginia being loaded at Todd Shipyards in Seattle, Washington. The mast was shipped to Morgantown, W. Va. in February 1961.

20. Mast of the U.S.S. West Virginia Being Loaded for Shipment to Morgantown, W. Va.

The mast of the U.S.S. West Virginia being loaded at Todd Shipyards in Seattle, Washington. The mast was shipped to Morgantown, West Virginia in February 1961.

21. Mast of the U.S.S. West Virginia Being Loaded for Shipment to Morgantown, W. Va.

Mann is pictured with a bouquet of roses in front of the ship.

22. Alice Wright Mann at the Christening Ceremony of U.S.S. West Virginia

View of the bow of the U.S.S. West Virginia as its parts are scrapped at Todd Shipyards, Seattle, Washington.

23. U.S.S. West Virginia Being Scrapped at Todd Shipyards, Seattle, Washington

A photographer captures the moment when Governor Barron touches the U.S.S. West Virginia mast outside of the capitol building.

24. Governor Barron Inspects the Mast of the U.S.S. West Virginia in front of the Capitol Building, Charleston, W. Va.