File:USS West Virginia sunk-Pearl Harbor-7Dec41.jpg

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Description The sunken battleship USS West Virginia (BB-48) at Pearl Harbor after her fires were out, possibly on 8 December 1941. USS Tennessee (BB-43) is inboard. A Vought OS2U Kingfisher floatplane (marked "4-O-3") is upside down on West Virginia's main deck. A second OS2U is partially burned out atop the Turret No. 3 catapult. Note the CXAM radar antenna atop West Virginia´s foremast.
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Source Official U.S. Navy Photograph 80-G-19945, now in the collections of the National Archives.
Author USN
Other versions Removed caption read: Photo # 80-G-19945     USS West Virginia sunk at Pearl Harbor, after the Japanese attack

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current18:00, 2 April 2007Thumbnail for version as of 18:00, 2 April 2007740 × 561 (79 KB)Editor at LargeLosslessly cropped caption bar
17:04, 22 August 2005Thumbnail for version as of 17:04, 22 August 2005740 × 585 (84 KB)BradipusUSS West Virginia sunk. Pearl Harbor Collection of [http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/images pictures taken by military personnel] {{PD-USGov-Military}}
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