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- IDNO:
- 052004
- Title:
- View of Manhattan, New York City, Likely from Decks of U.S.S. West Virginia
- Date:
- ca. 1939-1945
- Description:
- View of the New York City skyline.
- IDNO:
- 052005
- Title:
- U.S.S. West Virginia beneath Oakland-San Francisco Bay Bridge, Ca.
- Date:
- undated
- Description:
- The U.S.S. West Virginia floats beneath the bridge.
- IDNO:
- 052123
- Title:
- U.S.S. West Virginia Burning and Sinking after Pearl Harbor Attack, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
- Date:
- 1941/12/07
- Description:
- The Japanese hit the "Wee Vee" with nine bombs and torpedoes during the attack. The U.S.S. Tennessee is moored on the right.
- IDNO:
- 052124
- Title:
- U.S.S. West Virginia Sinking after Pearl Harbor Attack, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
- Date:
- 1941/12/07
- Description:
- On the left, only the top deck and caged masts of the U.S.S. West Virginia can be seen. The U.S.S. West Virginia was hit with nine bombs and torpedoes total. In the center is the U.S.S. Arizona and on the right is the U.S.S. Tennessee. All ships are on fire.
- IDNO:
- 052125
- Title:
- Crews Fighting Fires on U.S.S. West Virginia after Japanese Attack, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
- Date:
- 1941/12/07
- Description:
- Men on boats attempt to extinguish the fire on the U.S.S. West Virginia.
- IDNO:
- 052126
- Title:
- Salvaging Operations aboard the U.S.S. West Virginia, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
- Date:
- 1942/05/05
- Description:
- The U.S.S. West Virginia looks battered and wounded while docked at the naval shipyard. The "Wee Vee" was hit by nine bombs and torpedoes by the Japanese warplanes during the December 7th attack.
- IDNO:
- 052127
- Title:
- Gaping Wound on U.S.S. West Virginia, Pearl Harbor Naval Base, Hawaii
- Date:
- ca. 1942
- Description:
- Crew members during a salvage and repair operation work port side of the battered battleship. The U.S.S. West Virginia was hit by seven torpedoes and two bombs during the December 7th attack.
- IDNO:
- 052128
- Title:
- Aerial Photograph taken from Japanese Plane during Attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
- Date:
- 1941/12/07
- Description:
- The photograph was taken at the beginning of the attack. The explosion seen in the center of the photograph is a torpedo that struck the U.S.S. West Virginia.
- IDNO:
- 052129
- Title:
- Burning and Damaged Ships After Japanese Attack, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
- Date:
- 1941/12/07
- Description:
- An official U.S. Navy photograph. From left to right is the U.S.S. West Virginia, U.S.S. Tennessee, and the U.S.S. Arizona.
- IDNO:
- 052130
- Title:
- Damaged U.S.S. West Virginia after Japanese Attack, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
- Date:
- 1941/12/07
- Description:
- Smoke rises from the sinking battleship, which was hit by seven torpedoes and two bombs.
- IDNO:
- 052131
- Title:
- Damaged Battleships following Japanese Attack, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
- Date:
- 1941/12/07
- Description:
- Smoke billows from the U.S.S. West Virginia, which is pictured in the back and center of the photograph. The ship eventually sank.Floating on the left is the U.S.S. Maryland. On the right is a capsized U.S.S. Oklahoma.
- IDNO:
- 052132
- Title:
- Doris Miller Awarded Navy Cross, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
- Date:
- 1942/05/27
- Description:
- Miller was a member of the U.S.S. West Virginia as a Messman Third Class during the attack on Pearl Harbor. He was awarded the Navy Cross--the third highest navy award for gallantry during combat--for "distinguished devotion to duty, extraordinary courage and disregard for his own personal safety during the attack. Miller, despite enemy strafing and bombing and in the face of serious fire, assisted in moving his Captain who had been mortally wounded to a place of greater safety and later manned and operated a machine gun directed at enemy Japanese attacking aircraft until ordered to leave the bridge."Miller was personally awarded the medal by Admiral Chester Nimitz. He was the first African-American to be awarded the honor.
