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Each link in the anchor chain weighs 100 lbs. and is one foot long. The chain falls through the hawse pipes.
Crew members walk around the deck while the ship is at sea.
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.
Two sailors on the deck observe the gunfire.
A boat speeds across the sea while the U.S.S. West Virginia lurks in the background.
The U.S.S. West Virginia crew organized on the deck.
The plane sits on the battleship's deck.
Crew members fire the 5" guns.
One of the two scout planes on the U.S.S. West Virginia sits on the stern deck.
View looking at the 16" guns.
A crew tends to the ship.
Crew members look out to the sea from the deck.