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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=Thomas Jones Senn|nick=Thomas J. Senn|appt=1 December, 1923{{USOfficerReg1925|pp. 12-13}}|end=|precBy=New Command}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=Thomas Jones Senn|nick=Thomas J. Senn|appt=1 December, 1923{{USOfficerReg1925|pp. 12-13}}|end=|precBy=New Command}} | ||
| + | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=Wat Tyler Cluverius|nick=Wat T. Cluverius|appt=4 June, 1926{{USOfficerReg1928|pp. 12-13}}|end=}} | ||
| + | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=Edward Theodore Constien|nick=Edward T. Constien|appt=15 June, 1929{{USOfficerReg1930|pp. 12-13}}|end=}} | ||
| + | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=Walter Stratton Anderson|nick=Walter S. Anderson|appt=12 January, 1932{{USOfficerReg1933|pp. 18-19}}|end=April, 1933}} | ||
| + | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=Mervyn Sharp Bennion|nick=Mervyn S. Bennion|appt=2 July, 1941<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_battle_of_the_Attack_on_Pearl_Harbor Wikipedia.]</ref>|end=7 December, 1941|note=died in command during raid on Pearl Harbor}} | ||
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Latest revision as of 18:21, 24 December 2022
| U.S.S. West Virginia (1921) | |
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| Hull Number: | BB-48 |
| Builder: | Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company[1] |
| Laid down: | 12 Apr, 1920[2] |
| Launched: | 19 Nov, 1921[3] |
| Commissioned: | 1 Dec, 1923[4] |
| Decommissioned: | 9 Jan, 1947[5] |
| Stricken: | 1959[6] |
| Sold: | 15 Sep, 1959[7] |
U.S.S. West Virginia was one of five Colorado class dreadnoughts completed for the U.S. Navy.
Service
Captains
- Captain Thomas J. Senn, 1 December, 1923[8]
- Captain Wat T. Cluverius, 4 June, 1926[9]
- Captain Edward T. Constien, 15 June, 1929[10]
- Captain Walter S. Anderson, 12 January, 1932[11] – April, 1933
- Captain Mervyn S. Bennion, 2 July, 1941[12] – 7 December, 1941 (died in command during raid on Pearl Harbor)
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Battleships. p. 420.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Battleships. p. 420.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Battleships. p. 420.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Battleships. p. 420.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Battleships. p. 420.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Battleships. p. 420.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Battleships. p. 420.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1925. pp. 12-13.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1928. pp. 12-13.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1930. pp. 12-13.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1933. pp. 18-19.
- ↑ Wikipedia.
Bibliography
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