USS West Virginia BB-48

Type:
Battleship
Class:
Builder:
Newport News Shipbuilding &
Drydock Co.
Newport News, Virginia

Hull Number:
BB-48
Ordered:
December 5, 1916
Commissioned:
December 1, 1923
Keel Laid:
April 12, 1916
Decommissioned:
January 9, 1947
Launched:
November 19, 1921
Stricken:


March 1, 1959
Fate:
Sold August 24, 1959 to Union Minerals & Alloys Corp. New York and scrapped.


Builder's Data
Page published Feb 17, 2006