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

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

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.

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

A group of young boys climb onto the mast before the dedication ceremony.

3. Children Playing on the Mast of the U.S.S. West Virginia before it Was Erected in Memorial Plaza, West Virginia University, Morgantown, W. Va.

The mast lays in a field before it is erected at West Virginia University's Memorial Plaza, which is located directly in front of Oglebay Hall.

4. Mast of the U.S.S. West Virginia Before Erected on Memorial Plaza, Morgantown, W. Va.

With assistance from members of Alpha Phi Omega, a service fraternity, Joe Gluck helps unpack the bell of battle cruiser West Virginia:  Doug Ritchey (left); John Liston (right); Dan Blosser (third from left).

5. Alpha Phi Omega Fraternity Members Help to Unpack the Bell of the U.S.S West Virginia, West Virginia University, Morgantown, W. Va.