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West Virginia was moored on Battleship Row on the morning of 7 December 1941 when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, bringing the United States into World War II. Badly damaged by torpedoes, the ship sank in the shallow water but was later refloated and extensively rebuilt over the course of 1943 and into mid-1944.
It contains information about the ship's involvement in Pearl Harbor as well as information about its overall history. Started in 2000, this site has grown with the help of veterans, family members, and friends who contributed information about the USS West Virginia.
Work continued at pierside until April 1943, when the battleship left Pearl Harbor for Puget Sound Navy Yard, where she received permanent repairs and extensive modernization. USS West...
There were 106 deaths on the USS West Virginia during the Pearl Harbor bombing, many from drowning, when compartment hatches were closed.
On the morning of December 7, 1941, the USS West Virginia was moored at Battleship Row, near the USS Tennessee (BB-43), at Pearl Harbor when the Japanese launched their attack. The vessel was hit by seven Type 91 torpedoes and two 16-inch bombs, causing severe damage.
USS West Virginia (BB-48) was a Colorado-class battleship that was sunk at Pearl Harbor and later repaired to fight in the Pacific in World War II.
The battleships Tennessee (BB-43) and West Virginia (BB-48) were moored together on "Battleship Row" when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. West Virginia was struck by up to nine enemy...
Ultimately, however, West Virginia departed Pearl Harbor for the west coast and a complete rebuilding at the Puget Sound Navy Yard at Bremerton, Wash. Emerging from the extensive modernization, the battleship that had risen, Phoenix-like, from the destruction at Pearl Harbor looked totally different from the way she had appeared prior to ...
On December 7, 1941, the West Virginia lay moored at Pearl Harbor with forty feet of water beneath her keel. Shortly before 0800, Japanese planes commenced their surprise attack on the American fleet. More than 2,000 Americans died in the attack, which led the United States into World War II.
Severely damaged by Japanese torpedoes at Pearl Harbor, USS West Virginia returned to service in October 1944. When the Japanese surrendered on September 2, 1945, she was in Tokyo Bay, a symbol of the resilience of the United States Navy. By all accounts, she shouldn’t have been there.