November 19, 1921: Launch of the West Virginia at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company,
Newport News, Virginia.

USS West Virginia BB-48 seen in March 1926.

USS West Virginia BB-48 in San Francisco Bay 1934.

February 9, 1939: USS West Virginia BB-48, location not available.

December 7, 1941: USS West Virginia BB-48 (foreground) and USS Tennessee BB-43 just after the Japanese
attack. West Virginia rests on the bottom.