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Photo #: NH 83128
USS West Virginia (Armored Cruiser # 5)
Pitching her forefoot out of the water while steaming through
heavy seas, circa 1916. Note the water streaming from her hull
gun casemates and top of her side armor.
Photographed by Wilkinson.
Collection of Chief Warrant Officer J.B. Dofflemeyer, 1972.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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