Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945

BB-48 USS West Virginia

• Colorado class battleship:
• Displacement: 34,946 (full load)
• Length: 624'
• Beam: 108'
• Draft: 35'6"
• Speed: 21 knots
• Armament: 4x2 16"/45, 12x1 5"/51, 10x4 40mm, 1x4 20mm, 1x2 20mm, 58x1 20mm, 2 21" tt; 3 planes
• Complement: 2,350
• Propulsion: Turbo-electric, 8 285 psi boilers, 4 shafts, 28,900 hp
• Built at Newport News and commissioned 1 December 1923
• Rebuilt at Puget Sound Navy Yard (after being sunk by 7 torpedoes and 1 bomb at Pearl Harbor) September 1944

Additional Links:

• "Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships" -- USS West Virginia
• History of Ships Named West Virginia
• Action Report -- Pearl Harbor Attack
• Action Report -- Leyte Invasion Fire Support
• Action Report -- Battle of Leyte Gulf (Surigao Straits). PAYBACK!
• Action Report -- Iwo Jima Fire Support

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At Pearl Harbor

At Pearl Harbor

1944

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