Search Results

An aerial view of U.S.S. West Virginia (BB-48), board on beam.

1. U.S.S. West Virginia

An aerial view of U.S.S. West Virginia (BB-48), broad on beam.

2. U.S.S. West Virginia

An aerial oblique view of U.S.S.  West Virginia in East River, with New York City in background.

3. U.S.S. West Virginia

The battleship out at sea.

4. U.S.S. West Virginia

Group portrait of Governor Ephraim Franklin Morgan, Alice Wright Mann, and others at the christening of the U.S.S. West Virginia.

5. Governor Ephraim Franklin Morgan, Alice Wright Mann, and Others at the Christening of the U.S.S. West Virginia

Portrait of Alice Wright Mann holding a bouquet and a bottle prior to the christening of the U.S.S. West Virginia.

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

Portrait of Alice Wright Mann holding a bouquet and a bottle before the christening of the U.S.S. West Virginia.

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

Group portrait of Governor Ephraim Morgan, Alice Wright Mann and others ladies holding bouquets before the christening of the U.S.S. West Virginia.

8. Governor Ephraim Franklin Morgan, Alice Wright Mann, and Others at the Christening of the U.S.S. West Virginia

Postcard with a side view of the first U.S.S. West Virginia at sea.

9. First U.S.S. West Virginia

The U.S.S. West Virginia is pictured in a dry dock moments before its launch.

10. U.S.S. West Virginia in Shipyard for Christening Ceremony

Bird's-eye view of the U.S.S. West Virginia moving in a harbor.

11. U.S.S. West Virginia Calendar

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

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

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

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

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

14. Alice Wright Mann at the Christening Ceremony of 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, West Virginia in February 1961.

15. 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, W. Va. in February 1961.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A crowd disperses after the launching of the battleship.

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