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BB-48 West Virginia
United States Navy battleship
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| Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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| Maryland | 1920/04/12 Newport News Shipb. & Dry Dock Co., Newp. News | 1921/11/19 | 1923/12/01 | 1959/08/24
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| Camouflage: 41: Ms 1, 44/07: Ms 32/7d, 45: Ms 21 | |||||
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WW II combat actions:
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| From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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| 41/12/07 | BatForPac/Bat/BatDiv4 | sunk(1StrFor - 6-7 torpedoes) F-6, Battleship Row, P.H. | 66 | ||
| 42/05/17 | BattRow/F-6 | P.H. - raised | 66 | ||
| 42/06/09 | 43/04 | Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard - Drydock #1 - repairs | 66 | ||
| 43/04 | 44/07 | Puget Sound Naval Shipyard - repairs, rebuilt | 66 | ||
| 44/07/02 | 44/07/12 | sea trials of Port Townsend | 66 | ||
| 44/07/12 | 44/07/14? | sail from Puget Sound to San Diego | 66 | ||
| 44/09/09 | 44/09/14 | 12.9.3/UF | sail from San Pedro, Cal. to P.H. | 66 105 | |
| 44/09/24 | 44/10/05 | BatDiv4 | sail P.H. > Manus | 66 | |
| 44/10/10 | 44/10/29 | King2 | 78/BatDiv4/DF | 66 | |
| 44/10/21 | 78/BatDiv4/DF | damage(three screws - touched bottom) speed limited to 16 -18 knots | 66 | ||
| 44/10/24 | 44/10/25 | King2 | BattFor/BatDiv4/DF | xSuriga | |
| 44/10/29 | departed for Ulithi > Esp. Santo | 66 | |||
| 44/11 | King2 | 77.2 | |||
| 44/11/ | 44/11/?? | Esp. Santo (Floating Drydock ABSD-1) - repairs of damaged screws | 66 | ||
| 44/11/26 | 44/12/02 | 77.2/BatDiv4/DF | DF from 44/11/30 | 66 | |
| 44/12/10 | 44/12/19 | Love3 | 77.12.1/GF,UF | land Mindoro | 66 |
| 44/12/19 | 44/12/30 | Kossol Roads, Palaus | 66 | ||
| 44/12/30 | 45/02/16 | Mike1 | 77.2.1/BatDiv4/DF | 66 | |
| 45/01/17 | 45/02/01 | detached to rearm | 66 | ||
| 45/02/16 | 45/02/17 | Ulithi - rearm, resupply | 66 | ||
| 45/02/17 | 45/02/19 | sail Ulithi > Iwojima | 66 | ||
| 45/02/19 | 45/03/06 | Detach | 54/BatDiv4 | 66 | |
| 45/02/22 | Detach | 54/BatDiv4/DF | damage(coastal battery - small calliber) | 66 | |
| 45/03/06 | 45/04/26 | Iceber | 54.5/BatDiv4/DF | 66 | |
| 45/03/06 | 45/04/26? | Iceber | 54.1/FSU4/BatDiv4/DF | 66 | |
| 45/04/01 | Iceber | 54.1/BatDiv4/DF | damage(kami - A6M-5b on A turret) (26-20N, 127-40E) 4 KIA, 7 WIA | 66 85 | |
| 45/04/16 | Iceber | 52.21.1/BatDiv4/DF | |||
| 45/04/20 | 45/04/24 | Iceber | BatDiv4/DF | sail Okinawa > Ulithi | 66 |
| 45/05/01? | 45/05/28 | Iceber | 54.1/BatDiv4/DF | ||
| 45/05/14 | 45/05/17 | sail from Ulithi to Okinawa (with William C. Cole, Tuscaloosa, Chase) | 66 | ||
| 45/05/28 | 45/06/30? | Iceber | 34/BatDiv4/DF | 66 | |
| 45/06/30? | 45/07/01 | /BatDiv4/DF | sail Okinawa . San Pedro Bay, Leyte | 66 | |
| 45/07/01 | 45/08/03 | /BatDiv4/DF | Philippines - training | 66 | |
| 45/08/03 | 45/08/06 | /BatDiv4/DF | sail from Leyte to Buckner Bay, Okinawa | 66 | |
| 45/08/06 | 45/08/24 | /BatDiv4/DF | Buckner Bay, Okinawa | 66 | |
| 45/08/24 | 45/09 | 35.90/BatDiv4/DF | 66 | ||
| 45/09/02 | /BatDiv4/DF | Tokio Bay - surrender ceremony | 81 66 | ||