Search Results
- IDNO:
- 051963
- Title:
- Officers' Motor Boat Beside the U.S.S. West Virginia
- Date:
- 1937
- Description:
- The motor boat that carries the officers to and from shore idles beside the battleship.
- IDNO:
- 051964
- Title:
- U.S.S. West Virginia Crashing through Wave
- Date:
- 1937
- Description:
- The battleship out at sea.
- IDNO:
- 051965
- Title:
- U.S.S. West Virginia in Navy Yard Dry Dock somewhere in Washington
- Date:
- 1936
- Description:
- A crew tends to the ship.
- IDNO:
- 051967
- Title:
- U.S.S. West Virginia Out at Sea
- Date:
- 1936
- Description:
- Crew members look out to the sea from the deck.
- IDNO:
- 051968
- Title:
- Capsized Sail Boat Off of U.S.S. West Virginia
- Date:
- 1937
- Description:
- Crew members hanging out of the West Virginia and in a smaller boat alongside attempt to right the overturned boat.
- IDNO:
- 051969
- Title:
- Captain William Furlong Aboard the U.S.S. West Virginia
- Date:
- ca. 1936-1937
- Description:
- Captain Furlong was commander of the ship.
- IDNO:
- 051971
- Title:
- Navy Landing, Long Beach, Ca.
- Date:
- 1937
- Description:
- A crowd awaits the U.S.S. West Virginia crew returning from a voyage. The boat on the left is the captain's "gig."
- IDNO:
- 052000
- Title:
- President Franklin D. Roosevelt Boards Cruiser Houston, San Francisco Bay, CA
- Date:
- 1939
- Description:
- American president Franklin D. Roosevelt inspected the Pacific Fleet, including the U.S.S. West Virginia.
- IDNO:
- 052001
- Title:
- Scuba Diver off U.S.S. West Virginia
- Date:
- ca. 1940
- Description:
- A sailor prepares to dive into the sea off the deck of the U.S.S. West Virginia.
- IDNO:
- 052003
- Title:
- U.S.S. West Virginia Crossing the Equator
- Date:
- ca. 1939-1945
- Description:
- Crew members pal around during the crossing initiation ceremony, where sailors who have never crossed the equator before are "brought before Neptune" and tested.
- IDNO:
- 052005
- Title:
- U.S.S. West Virginia beneath Oakland-San Francisco Bay Bridge, Ca.
- Date:
- undated
- Description:
- The U.S.S. West Virginia floats beneath the bridge.
- IDNO:
- 052123
- Title:
- U.S.S. West Virginia Burning and Sinking after Pearl Harbor Attack, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
- Date:
- 1941/12/07
- Description:
- The Japanese hit the "Wee Vee" with nine bombs and torpedoes during the attack. The U.S.S. Tennessee is moored on the right.