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Revision as of 09:04, 11 June 2020

U.S.S. West Virginia (1921)
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

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Friedman. U.S. Battleships. p. 420.
  2. Friedman. U.S. Battleships. p. 420.
  3. Friedman. U.S. Battleships. p. 420.
  4. Friedman. U.S. Battleships. p. 420.
  5. Friedman. U.S. Battleships. p. 420.
  6. Friedman. U.S. Battleships. p. 420.
  7. Friedman. U.S. Battleships. p. 420.
  8. Register of Officers, 1925. pp. 12-13.
  9. Register of Officers, 1928. pp. 12-13.
  10. Register of Officers, 1930. pp. 12-13.

Bibliography


Colorado Class Dreadnought
  Colorado Maryland Washington West Virginia  
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