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Postcard with a side view of the first U.S.S. West Virginia at sea.

1. First U.S.S. West Virginia

The U.S.S. West Virginia floats out into Hampton Roads after being launched at the Newport News shipyard. Afterwards she was outfitted and commissioned in 1923.

2. U.S.S. West Virginia after Launch, Newport News, Va.

U.S.S. West Virginia leaving dry docks with a crowd of onlookers.

3. U.S.S. West Virginia Leaving Dry Dock

Portrait of Alice Wright Mann holding a bouquet and a bottle before the christening of the U.S.S. West Virginia.

4. Alice Wright Mann at the Christening Ceremony of U.S.S. West Virginia

Group portrait of Governor Ephraim Morgan, Alice Wright Mann and others ladies holding bouquets before the christening of the U.S.S. West Virginia.

5. Governor Ephraim Franklin Morgan, Alice Wright Mann, and Others at the Christening of the U.S.S. West Virginia

The U.S.S. West Virginia out at sea, moments after launching from the dry dock.

6. Launching of the U.S.S. West Virginia