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U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010
U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File
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USS West Virginia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Uss_west_virginia_bb.jpg
Newport News Shipbuilding
battle stars
[1]
[2]
Colorado-class
battleship
CXAM-1 RADAR
[3]
5 in (130 mm)/51 cal guns
3 in (76 mm)s
21 in (530 mm)
torpedo tubes
5 in (130 mm)/38 cal guns
Bofors 40 mm
Oerlikon 20 mm cannons
Belt
Barbettes
Turret
Conning tower
Decks
United States Navy
the 35th state
Newport News Shipbuilding
Newport News, Virginia
launched
commissioned
Captain
Thomas J. Senn
super-dreadnoughts
naval architecture
Battle of Jutland
1 Inter-War period
2 World War II
2.1 Pearl Harbor
2.2 Rebuild
2.3 Leyte landings
2.4 Battle of Leyte Gulf
2.5 Philippines operations
2.6 Battle of Iwo Jima
2.7 Battle of Okinawa
3 Post-war
4 Awards
5 Legacy
6 Related works
7 References
8 External links
shakedown
New York Navy Yard
Hampton Roads
Lynnhaven Channel
Harold R. Stark
flagship
A.J. Hepburn
American Defense Cup
American Defense Society
Spokane Cup
Battle Efficiency Pennant
Hawaiian Islands
New Zealand
Hawaii
Caribbean Sea
Alaskan
Panama
anti-aircraft
5 in (130 mm)/25 cal guns
Fleet Problem XXI
Pearl Harbor
Ford Island
RCA
CXAM-1
RADAR
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:USS_West_Virginia2.jpg
Tennessee
attack on Pearl Harbor
aerial torpedoes
[4]
midget submarine
United States Naval Institute
citation needed
[5]
OS2U Kingfisher
Arizona
[6]
Claude V. Ricketts
USS Claude V. Ricketts (DDG-5)
Oklahoma
Mervyn S. Bennion
Medal of Honor
Doris Miller
Navy Cross
garbage lighter
YG-17
[7]
[8]
[9]
Puget Sound Navy Yard
Bremerton, Washington
[10]
California
hyperboloid
funnels
5"/25 caliber guns
5"/51 caliber guns
5"/38 caliber guns
Bofors
Oerlikon
Panama Canal
Puget Sound
Port Townsend, Washington
San Pedro, California
Oahu
Manus
Admiralty Islands
Hancock
Seeadler Harbor
Theodore Ruddock
Maryland
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:USS_West_Virginia_%28BB-48%29_1944_7.jpg
invasion of the Philippine Islands
Jesse B. Oldendorf
Leyte Gulf
naval mine
paravanes
San Pedro Bay
Tacloban
Leyte
underwater demolition teams
Ise
Hy?ga
Philippine Sea
Kiyohide Shima
Sulu Sea
cruisers
destroyers
sortied
Lingga Roads
Sumatra
Borneo
Takeo Kurita
Palawan
Sibuyan Sea
Darter
Dace
Battle of Leyte Gulf
Maya
Atago
Yamato
Musashi
Shoji Nishimura
Mindanao
Surigao Strait
PT boats
Fus?
Yamashiro
USS Maryland (BB-46)
USS Mississippi (BB-41)
USS Tennessee (BB-43)
USS California (BB-44)
USS Pennsylvania (BB-38)
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