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The plane sits on the battleship's deck.
The admiral is greeted with a band and guard as he boards the ship.
Looking up at the mast from the ship's deck.
Crew members fire the 5" guns.
Captain William Furlong peers out at the navigation bridge during a U.S.S. West Virginia voyage.
One of the two scout planes on the U.S.S. West Virginia sits on the stern deck.
The motor boats were used to transport enlisted men to and from shore.
View looking at the 16" guns.
The motor boat that carries the officers to and from shore idles beside the battleship.
The battleship out at sea.
A crew tends to the ship.
Crew members look out to the sea from the deck.
Crew members hanging out of the West Virginia and in a smaller boat alongside attempt to right the overturned boat.
Captain Furlong was commander of the ship.
A crowd awaits the U.S.S. West Virginia crew returning from a voyage. The boat on the left is the captain's "gig."
American president Franklin D. Roosevelt inspected the Pacific Fleet, including the U.S.S. West Virginia.
A sailor prepares to dive into the sea off the deck of the 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.
The U.S.S. West Virginia floats beneath the bridge.
Fern Evan's husband, GM3e Woodrow W. Evans was killed aboard the U.S.S. West Virginia during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, leaving Fern to support herself and their 20 month old son.  Subsequently, Mrs. Evans was employed at a West Coast aircraft plant.  She's shown here working on a radio bracket for a bomber.
The installation of U.S.S. West Virginia's mast nears completion at Memorial Plaza on the campus of West Virginia University.  The Mountainlair and Stewart Hall are visible in the background.
Bell of the U.S.S. West Virginia before installation on the campus of West Virginia University.  The bell was dedicated on December 7, 1967, and joined the mast of the U.S.S. West Virginia in Memorial Plaza.
"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.
U.S.S. West Virginia (BB-48) anchored in an unidentified location.
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.
"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."