USS West Virginia BB-48 |
Type: |
Battleship |
Class: |
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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 |
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Page published Feb 17, 2006 |