This page features views of USS West Virginia and USS Tennessee in the days following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, but prior to the start of significant salvage operations.
For views of USS West Virginia and USS Tennessee
on 7 December 1941, see:
For other views of sunken and damaged ships at Pearl Harbor,
after 7 December 1941, see:
If you want higher resolution reproductions than the Online Library's digital images, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions." |
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Photo #: 80-G-19945 Pearl Harbor Attack, 7 December 1941 The sunken battleship West Virginia (BB-48) after her fires were out, possibly on 8 December 1941. USS Tennessee (BB-48) is inboard. An OS2U floatplane (marked "4-O-3") is upside down on West Virginia's main deck. A second OS2U is partially burned out atop the Turret # 3 catapult. Note radar antenna atop West Virginia's foremast. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 84KB; 740 x 585 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Photo #: NH 50770 Pearl Harbor Raid, December 1941 USS Tennessee (BB-43), at left, alongside the sunken USS West Virginia (BB-48), photographed from the capsized hull of USS Oklahoma (BB-37) on 10 December 1941, three days after the Japanese raid. The mainmast of USS Arizona (BB-39) is visible in the right distance. Collection of Vice Admiral Homer N. Wallin. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. Online Image: 102KB; 740 x 615 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 64479 Pearl Harbor Attack, 7 December 1941 View of the top of Turret # 3 on USS Tennessee (BB-43), showing damage to the turret and its catapult caused by a Japanese armor-piercing bomb. Photographed in December 1941, shortly after the raid. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval History and Heritage Command. Online Image: 92KB; 740 x 605 pixels |
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For views of USS West Virginia and USS Tennessee
on 7 December 1941, see:
For other views of sunken and damaged ships at Pearl Harbor,
after 7 December 1941, see:
NOTES:
If you want higher resolution reproductions than the Online Library's digital images, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions." |
Page made 21 October 2000
Coding updated 21 April 2009