USS West Virginia;014824

Autor:

U.S. Navy

Credit:

U.S. Navy photograph C-5904 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command

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https://www.plwiki.pl/b/8c0b

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Wikimedia Commons

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Opis:

U.S. Navy sailors in a motor launch rescue a survivor from the water alongside the sunken battleship USS West Virginia (BB-48) during or shortly after the Japanese air raid on Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941. USS Tennessee (BB-43) visible behind West Virginia. Note extensive distortion of West Virginia´s lower midships superstructure, caused by torpedo hits below. Also note 5"/25 gun, still partially covered with canvas, boat crane swung outboard and empty boat cradles near the smokestacks, and base of radar antenna atop West Virginia´s (BB-48) foremast.

Licencja:

Public domain