U.S.S. West Virginia (1921)

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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.

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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, 1930. pp. 12-13.

Bibliography


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