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Picture of the Mast of the U.S.S. West Virginia pictured in front of Elizabeth Moore Hall at Friday noon, March 17, 1961.

697. Mast of the U.S.S. West Virginia Arrives on WVU Campus

Picture of the guns of the U.S.S. West Virginia 'BB-48'. Credit Line, Navy Department, photo no. 80-G-3 39585.

698. Guns of the U.S.S. West Virginia

Picture of crew rescuing men of the U.S.S. West Virginia during the attack on Pearl Harbor. Credit Line Navy Department 80-G-19930.

699. Crew Rescuing Men of the U.S.S. West Virginia During the Attack on Pearl Harbor

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.

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

Men and women dining in celebration of the U.S.S. West Virginia.

701. Dinner Party for Christening of U.S.S. West Virginia

Taken at Hampton Roads Va. Photo of the U.S.S. West Virginia taken after launching.  Credit Line: Navy Department photo no. 80-CF-2058-2 in National Archives.

702. U.S.S. West Virginia Launched

The U.S.S. West Virginia next to another much smaller boat. Stamped on back: Official photograph. Not to be used for publication by order of the Chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics.

703. U.S.S. West Virginia

A crowd disperses after the launching of the battleship.

704. Dry Dock Just After the Launching of the U.S.S. West Virginia

The christening of the U.S.S. West Virginia by Alice Wright Mann, daughter of a prominent West Virginian.

705. Christening of the U.S.S. West Virginia

Students and others gather around the mast of the U.S.S. West Virginia, one of the ships sunk during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. Identified student, bottom left corner is Thomas V. Kreitzer.

706. Mast of the U.S.S. West Virginia Arrives on WVU Campus, Morgantown, W. Va.

The U.S.S. West Virginia is pictured in a dry dock moments before its launch.

707. U.S.S. West Virginia in Shipyard for Christening Ceremony

County agent visiting a family of six. Photograph courtesy U.S. Department of Agriculture

708. County Extension Agent Visits Family