https://www.wvhistoryonview.org/catalog/001491https://www.wvhistoryonview.org/image/001491.jpgU.S.S. West Virginia after Launch, Newport News, Va.1921U.S.S. West Virginia.Battleships.The U.S.S. West Virginia floats out into Hampton Roads after being launched at the Newport News shipyard. Afterwards she was outfitted and commissioned in 1923.USS West Virginia West Virginia History OnView