USS West Virginia (BB-48)

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Colorado-class battleship United States Navy warship dreadnought battleship

USS West Virginia (BB-48) was a Colorado-class battleship of the United States Navy that was sunk and later refloated and modernized after the Pearl Harbor attack, subsequently serving in major Pacific Theater operations during World War II.

Aliases (1)

USS West Virginia ×3

Statements (67)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Colorado-class battleship → United States Navy warship → dreadnought battleship →
armament	anti-aircraft guns → torpedo blisters →
armorBelt	up to 13.5 inches →
armorDeck	up to 3.5 inches →
armorTurrets	up to 18 inches →
awards	Navy Unit Commendation → multiple battle stars for World War II service →
beam	97.3 feet →
builder	Newport News Shipbuilding →
casualties	over 100 killed →
commissioned	1 December 1923 →
conflict	World War II →
country	United States of America →
crewComplement	approximately 1400 officers and enlisted →
dateOfEvent	7 December 1941 →
dateOfTokyoBayPresence	2 September 1945 →
decommissioned	9 January 1947 →
draft	30.5 feet →
event	attacked at Pearl Harbor →
fate	sold for scrap →
fullLoadDisplacement	33000+ long tons →
hitBy	armor-piercing bombs → multiple torpedoes →
homeport	Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii →
hullNumber	BB-48 →
laidDown	12 April 1920 →
launched	17 November 1921 →
length	624 feet →
locationOfEvent	Pearl Harbor, Hawaii →
mainBattery	8 × 16-inch/45 caliber guns →
maximumSpeed	21 knots →
memorials	artifacts preserved in West Virginia →
missionType	carrier escort → shore bombardment →
modernizationFeatures	enhanced anti-aircraft armament → improved fire-control systems → new superstructure →
modernizedAt	Puget Sound Navy Yard →
namedAfter	U.S. state of West Virginia →
notableAction	fired first American battleship salvo at Surigao Strait →
notableFor	surviving Pearl Harbor sinking and returning to combat →
operator	United States Navy →
participatedIn	Battle of Iwo Jima → Battle of Leyte Gulf → Battle of Okinawa → Battle of Surigao Strait →
presentAt	Tokyo Bay surrender ceremonies →
propulsion	electric drive → steam turbines →
refloated	1942 →
repairedAt	Pearl Harbor Navy Yard →
returnedToService	1944 →
roleInBattle	line-of-battle ship at Surigao Strait →
scrapped	1961 →
secondaryBattery	5-inch guns →
shipClass	Colorado class →
sisterShip	USS Colorado (BB-45) → USS Maryland (BB-46) → USS Washington (BB-47) (canceled) →
sponsor	Alice Wright Mann →
standardDisplacement	32500 long tons →
strickenFromNavalRegister	1 March 1959 →
sunkBy	Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft →
theater	Pacific Theater of Operations →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Pearl Harbor (interwar and early WWII) ("USS West Virginia") →	associatedWithShip
attack on Pearl Harbor →	battleshipsDamaged
BB-48 ("USS West Virginia") →	denotes
Colorado-class battleship →	hasPart
Battleship Row, Pearl Harbor →	hasShipMooring
Colorado-class battleship ("USS West Virginia") →	member
Alice Wright Mann →	sponsoredVessel
Battle of Surigao Strait →	U.S.battleship