Photo #: NH 64488
Salvage of USS West Virginia (BB-48), 1942-43
West Virginia in Drydock Number One at Pearl Harbor
Navy Yard, 11 June 1942. View looks aft along her port side from
about Frame 64, showing distortion of the armor belt and damaged
hull structure above and below. Several Japanese Type 91 torpedoes
had detonated in this area during the 7 December 1941 air raid.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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