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	USN Ships--USS West Virginia (BB-48)
		USS West Virginia, a 32,600-ton Colorado class battleship built at Newport News, Virginia, was commissioned in December 1923, the last battleship completed for the United States Navy for nearly two decades.
		West Virginia's base was moved to Pearl Harbor in 1940, and she was there on 7 December 1941, when the Japanese attacked with an overwhelming force of carrier aircraft.
		West Virginia arrived in the Pacific combat zone in October, and soon was participating in pre-invasion bombardment of Leyte, in the Philippines.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-w/bb48.htm (903 words)

	U.S. Navy Battleships - USS West Virginia (BB 48)
		West Virginia was abandoned, settling to the harbor bottom on an even keel, her fires fought from on board by a party that volunteered to return to the ship after the first abandonment.
		West Virginia continued fire support for the Army until 20 April, at which point she headed for Ulithi, only to turn back to Okinawa, hurriedly recalled because of USS Colorado (BB-45) suffering damage when a powder charge exploded while she was loading powder at Kerama Retto.
		West Virginia drilled her landing force in preparation for the upcoming occupation of the erstwhile enemy's homeland and sailed for Tokyo Bay on the 24th as part of TG 35.90.
	www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/ships/battleships/wvirginia/bb48-wva.html (5863 words)

	Battleships USS West Virginia BB-48
		The most recent of the super-dreadnoughts," West Virginia embodied the latest knowledge of naval architecture; the water-tight compartmentation of her hull and her armor protection marked an advance over the design of battleships built or on the drawing boards before the Battle of Jutland.
		After repairs had been effected, West Virginia became flagship for the Commander, Battleship Divisions, Battle Fleet, on 30 October 1924, thus beginning her service as an integral part of the "backbone of the fleet"—as the battleships were regarded.
		West Virginia was abandoned, settling to the harbor bottom on an even keel, her fires fought from on board by a party that volunteered to return to the ship after the first abandonment.
	www.multied.com /navy/battle/Wvirginia.html (1653 words)

	USS West Virginia (BB-48) Action Report: 7 Dec 1941
		By this time the stern of the Tennessee was burning, and a wall of flame was advancing toward the West Virginia and the Tennessee from oil on the water from the Arizona.
		The West Virginia at this time was blazing furiously amidships, and the Commanding Officer, Tennessee wanted to know if the magazines of the West Virginia were flooded.
		O then returned ashore, visited the survivors of the West Virginia, who were lodged in the Bachelor Officers Quarters, Ford Island, and in a bomb shelter.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/USN/ships/logs/BB/bb48-Pearl.html (10587 words)

	USS West Virginia History
		West Virginia buried her dead at sea in the wake of the kamikaze attack of April 1 and resumed her gun-fire support duties soon thereafter.
		West Virginia continued fire support for the Army until April 20, at which point she headed for Ulithi, only to turn back to Okinawa, hurriedly recalled because of Colorado's (BB-45) suffering damage when a powder charge exploded while she was loading powder at Kerama Retto.
		West Virginia entered her final stages of inactivation in the latter part of February 1946 and was decommissioned on January 7, 1947 and placed in reserve, as part of the Pacific Reserve Fleet.
	www.usswestvirginia.org /uss_west_virginia_history.htm (5849 words)

	Battleships USS West Virginia BB-48
		After repairs had been effected, West Virginia became flagship for the Commander, Battleship Divisions, Battle Fleet, on 30 October 1924, thus beginning her service as an integral part of the "backbone of the fleet"—as the battleships were regarded.
		In fleet exercises subsequent to the 1925 cruise, West Virginia ranged from Hawaii to the Caribbean and the Atlantic, and from Alaskan waters to Panama.
		West Virginia was abandoned, settling to the harbor bottom on an even keel, her fires fought from on board by a party that volunteered to return to the ship after the first abandonment.
	www.navyhistory.com /battle/Wvirginia.html (1653 words)

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		West Virginia drilled her landing force in preparation for the upcoming occupation of the erstwhile enemy's homeland and sailed for Tokyo Bay on the 24th as part of TG 35.90.
		West Virginia played her part in the occupation, remaining in Tokyo Bay into September of 1945, weathering a storm on the 15th that had winds clocked at 65 knots at one point.
		West Virginia entered her final stages of inactivation in the latter part of February 1946 and was decommissioned on 9 January 1947 and placed in reserve, as part of the Pacific Reserve Fleet.
	www.hazegray.org /danfs/battlesh/bb48.htm (5787 words)

	Damaged ships after the Pearl Harbor Attack
		Ships seen are (from left to right): USS Arizona, burned out and sunk, with oil streaming from her bunkers; USS Tennessee with USS West Virginia sunk alongside; and USS Maryland with USS Oklahoma capsized alongside.
		USS West Virginia is in Drydock Number One, in the lower left, and USS California is alongside the wharf at the extreme right.
		Portion of the USS Maryland (BB-46) is to the left, lightly damaged USS Tennessee (BB-43) is inboard of the sunk USS West Virginia (BB-48).
	www.geocities.com /bb37usa/damagedships.html (720 words)

	Oklahoma & Maryland during Pearl Harbor Attack
		On 7 December 1941, USS Maryland (BB-46) was moored, at F-5, inboard of USS Oklahoma (BB-37), and was thus protected by her when Japanese torpedo planes struck.
		USS West Virginia (BB-48) is in the right center, sunk alongside USS Tennessee (BB-43), with oil fires shrouding them both.
		USS Maryland at berth F-5, with men working on the capsized hull of USS Oklahoma alongside, during or immediately after the Japanese attack.
	www.geocities.com /bb37usa/oklahomamaryland.html (542 words)

	The U. S. S. West Virginia
		The West Virginia remained on occupation duty in Tokyo Bay until September 20, 1945, when she sailed for Pearl Harbor.
		On August 24, the West Virginia was sold for scrapping to the Union Minerals and Alloys Company of New York City for $781,289.89.
		Nearly thirty years after the battleship was scrapped, a third USS West Virginia, an Ohio class submarine designated SSBN736, was commissioned, carrying on the name and tradition of its predecessors.
	www.wvculture.org /history/usswv/usswv8.html (362 words)

	Naval Ships (Past, Present, and Future)
		USS West Virginia (BB-48): Battleship USS West Virginia was a Colorado class battleship.
		USS Texas (BB-35) Battlecruiser Conversion 1936: Battleship USS Texas as she might have looked if she was converted to a battlecruiser with the middle turret removed and rebuilt in a similar style to the Italian Dreadnought "Conte Di Cavour" with a superstructure similar to the USS Missippi and a clipper bow.
		USS Lexington (CC-1): Lexington class battlecruisers were planned as class of battlecruisers armed with four 16 inch guns and a top speed of around 33 knots.
	www.kitsune.addr.com /Naval_Vessels/Naval_Ships.htm (884 words)

	Battleship Veterans - USS WEST VIRGINIA
		USS West Virginia was sunk at Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941.
		However she was soon refloated and in the summer of 1942 returned to the mainland for a major overhaul at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard.
		Paul Thompson served on USS Yorktown from December 1941 to June 1942 and then USS West Virginia from August 1942 to October 1945.
	www.spclevents.com /ships/w_va/bb48.html (115 words)

	All Hands - April 2001 - Pearl Harbor: Photographic History
		USS Shaw explodes during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941.
		USS Maryland (BB 46) stands alongside the capsized USS Oklahoma (BB 37), while USS West Virginia (BB 48) burns in the background Dec. 7, 1941.
		USS Cassin (DD 372) (left) and USS Downes (DD 375) in Drydock NR 1 at the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, Jan. 23, 1942, while under salvage.
	www.mediacen.navy.mil /pubs/allhands/apr01/pg30c.htm (253 words)

	African American Registry: Dorie Miller was a naval hero!
		In 1940 he had temporary duty aboard USS Nevada (BB-36) and was serving on the West Virginia when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941.
		Of the 1,541 men on West Virginia during the attack, 130 were killed and 52 wounded.
		Assigned to the USS Liscome Bay (CVE-56) in 1943, Miller was on board that escort carrier during Operation Galvanic, the seizure of Makin and Tarawa Atolls in the Gilbert Islands.
	www.aaregistry.com /african_american_history/1935/Dorie_Miller_was_a_naval_hero (543 words)

	Merrill
		Was a signalman aboard the USS West Virginia until Dec. 7, 1941.
		After the sinking of the West Virginia, served on destroyers Mahan, DD 364, whipple, DD 217 and C. Bronson, DD 668.
		I had survived the sinking of the battleship West Virginia on December 7th, and went aboard the Mahan in Pearl Harbor, December 13, 1941, as a signalman.
	www.pearlharborsurvivors.homestead.com /Merrill.html (1537 words)

	Remembering Battleship Row
		The heroic USS Maryland (BB-46) received two hits by bombs during the attack and was able to bring all her anti-aircraft guns into action against the Japanese planes.
		Thanks to being moored alone, the USS Nevada (BB-36) became the only ship to be able to maneuver and attempt to head out to sea.
		Struck by a bomb during the second wave of the Japanese attack, she was trapped in drydock between the burning destroyers USS Downes and USS Cassin.
	www.insmkt.com /battlerow.htm (1278 words)

	Robert Pearce Briscoe, Admiral, United States Navy
		After further destroyer duty in the USS Flusser (DD-289) and USS Henderson (AP-1), and recruiting duty at Little Rock, Arkansas, he served as Senior Assistant Engineer of the battleship USS West Virginia (BB-48) from 1926 to 1929, then returned to the Naval Academy as an instructor in Mechanical Engineering.
		From 1931 to 1933 he was on China Station, assigned first as Executive Officer of the USS Edsall (DD-219), on Yangtze River patrol during the Japanese occupation of Woosung and Manchuria, and later as Communication Officer of the USS Houston (CA-30), flagship of the Commander in Chief, Asiatic Fleet.
		He was transferred to command of the USS DENVER in July 1943, and returned that cruiser to the United States after she suffered severe battle damage off Rabaul in November 1943.
	www.arlingtoncemetery.net /rpbriscoe.htm (1501 words)

	Urban Legends Reference Pages: Pearl Harbor
		USS Oklahoma (BB-37) - Total loss when she capsized and sunk in the harbor.
		USS California (BB-44) - Sunk at her berth.
		USS West Virginia (BB-48) - Sunk at her berth.
	www.snopes.com /photos/military/pearlharbor.asp (585 words)

	Virginia State Board of Elections
		(SBE) was created in 1946 as a bipartisan agency responsible for ensuring uniformity, fairness, accuracy and purity in all elections in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
		The agency promotes the proper administration of election laws, campaign finance disclosure compliance, and voter registration processes in Virginia by promulgating rules, regulations, issuing instructions, and providing information to local electoral boards and general registrars.
		In addition, the agency maintains a centralized database of state-wide voter registration and election related data.
	www.sbe.virginia.gov (222 words)

	MaritimeQuest - USS West Virginia BB-48 Page 1
		November 19, 1921 Launch of the West Virginia at Newport News Shipbuilding.
		USS West Virginia BB-48 seen in March 1926.
		USS West Virginia BB-48 in San Francisco Bay 1934.
	www.maritimequest.com /warship_directory/us_navy_pages/uss_west_virginia_bb48.htm (60 words)

	Pearl Harbor
		The USS Lexington was ferrying aircraft to Midway, and the USS Saratoga and USS Colorado were undergoing repairs in the United States.) In spite of the latest intelligence reports about the missing aircraft carriers (his most important targets), Admiral Nagumo decided to continue the attack with his force of six carriers and 423 aircraft.
		USS Arizona (BB-39) - total loss when a bomb hit her magazine.
		USS Raleigh (CL-7) - Heavily damaged but repaired.
	www.rivervet.com /pearl_harbor.htm (677 words)

	Pearl Harbor Survivor Laid to Rest in 'The Best Place On Earth'
		PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (NNS) -- As USS Utah (AG 16) rested quietly in Pearl Harbor, a crowd gathered on her solemn memorial to witness a time-honored ceremony.
		Pearl Harbor survivor and USS West Virginia (BB 48) Sailor, Cmdr. Adolph “Ski” Czerwenka’s, ashes were scattered across the waters of the harbor July 8.
		West Virginia was moored with six other battleships beside Ford Island on what was called Battleship Row.
	www.news.navy.mil /search/display.asp?story_id=8522 (691 words)

	Pearl Harbor Statistics
		The USS Lexington was ferrying aircraft to Midway, and the USS Saratoga and USS Colorado were undergoing repairs in the United States).
		The USS QUAPAW ATF 110 (Auxiliary Tug Fleet)
		It means that this mysterious shipmate had the pictures when he was serving in QUAPAW and took them while he was stationed on some other command in Pearl Harbor during that attack.
	www.usshancockcv19.com /pearl_harbor_history.htm (585 words)

	December 07, 1941 - Index
		USS West Virginia (BB-48) sunk but still upright with colors flying.
		USS Shaw (DD-373) explodes in the floating drydock in Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard.
		USS Oglala (CM-4), mine sweeper, sunk at pier of Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard.
	www.bluejacket.com /ww2_12-07-41_index.html (92 words)

	HNN News :: Sailor laid to rest in 'the best place on earth' (Site not responding. Last check: )
		As USS Utah (AG 16) rested quietly in Pearl Harbor, a crowd gathered on her solemn memorial to witness a time-honored ceremony.
		On Tuesday, July 8, Pearl Harbor survivor and USS West Virginia Sailor, Cmdr. Adolph "Ski" Czerwenka's ashes were scattered across the waters of the harbor.
		Many of the ship's communications systems were brand new, so Ski and his fellow radiomen tried to get the communications going, but the attack continued, and more torpedoes hit the West Virginia.
	www.hnn.navy.mil /Archives/030711/czerwenka_030711.htm (957 words)

	Pearl Harbor Photos found in an old Brownie stored in a foot locker Photo Gallery by rhinoman at pbase.com
		The USS Lexingtonwas ferrying aircraft to Midway, and the USS Saratoga and USS Colorado were undergoing repairs in the United State s)
		USS Ari zona (BB-39) - total loss when a bomb hit her magazine.
		At the time of Pearl Harbor's bombing, the USS Quaqpaw had yet to be built.
	www.pbase.com /rhinoman/pearl_harbor&page=all (563 words)

	USS West Virginia BB-48 Cap
		It is made by the same manufacturer that supplies the military.
		The USS Virginia BB-48 Cap is made in the USA and it carries a 100% customer satisfaction guarantee.
		USS West Virginia BB-48 Cap is usually shipped in 1-4 business days.
	www.priorservice.com /usswevibb.html (58 words)

	Allen A. Bergner
		As a midshipman, he was captain of the Navy football team in 1939, captain of the Navy wrestling team in 1940 and graduated on June 6, 1940 as an ensign.
		His first tour of duty was on board USS West Virginia (BB-48) and he was attached to that battleship when it was sunk on Dec. 7, 1941 as a result of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
		Later that month, he reported to USS Tambor (SS-198) and in 1943, he joined the staff of commander, Submarine Division 61 as engineer; He next became the executive officer and navigator on board USS Oar (SS-206).
	www.quarterdeck.org /book/cencoms/bergner.html (502 words)

	Welcome to the website for the Battleship USS West Virginia
		Members of USS West Virginia Crew lost at Pearl Harbor
		Please send any information (pictures, crew member information, links to other web sites, etc.) using the contact form here or if you have anything that you'd like to send via postal mail (all items will be returned if requested) use the form to send an email and I will give a mailing address.
		Our goal is to make this an outstanding resource for information about the USS West Virginia.
	www.usswestvirginia.org (172 words)

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