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| Keywords: USS West Virginia;014824.jpg U S Navy sailors in a motor launch rescue a survivor from the water alongside the sunken battleship USS West Virginia BB-48 during or shortly after the Japanese air raid on Pearl Harbor 7 December 1941 USS Tennessee BB-43 visible behind West Virginia Note extensive distortion of West Virginia´s lower midships superstructure caused by torpedo hits below Also note 5 /25 gun still partially covered with canvas boat crane swung outboard and empty boat cradles near the smokestacks and base of radar antenna atop West Virginia´s BB-48 foremast U S Navy photograph http //www history navy mil/our-collections/photography/wars-and-events/world-war-ii/pearl-harbor-raid/battleship-row-during-the-pearl-harbor-attack/uss-west-virginia-and-uss-tennessee-during-the-pearl-harbor-atta/USA-C-5904 html C-5904 from the U S Navy http //www history navy mil Naval History and Heritage Command 1941-12-07 U S Navy Removed caption read Photo U S Navy C-5904 Rescuing survivors near USS West Virginia during Pearl Harbor raid PD-USGov-Military-Navy USS West Virginia BB-48 USS Tennessee BB-43 Battleship Row during the Pearl Harbor Attack Shipwrecks World War II color photographs of the Pacific War | ||||
