Photo #: NH 84005
USS West Virginia (BB-48)
Is moved to a pier after being undocked from Pearl Harbor Navy
Yard's Drydock Number One, 9 September 1942. Note the large area
of her midships upper hull that must still be replaced.
West Virginia was then under repair for damages received
in the 7 December 1941 Japanese air raid.
A New Mexico class battleship is in the right background.
Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Collection of The
Honorable James V. Forrestal.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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