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The expanded USS West Virginia exhibit at the state Culture Center, opening for the 75th anniversary of the attacks on Pearl Harbor, will be open through mid-February.
Not the typical model battleship, the Raleigh County Veterans Museum dedicated its 20-foot, 1,000-pound model of the USS West Virginia Saturday. The creation is said to be the largest model of an ...
After decades of resting in anonymity, new light is now being shed on the identities of the "unknowns," killed aboard the USS West Virginia at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. Thanks to advances in ...
The USS West Virginia was eventually salvaged, repaired, and returned to service in the Pacific, participating in several major battles before being decommissioned in 1947.
A reunion for the veterans of the USS West Virginia battleship came to a close Sunday in Beckley. Eleven veterans from World War II, including some Pearl Harbor survivors, visited the Raleigh ...
The USS West Virginia sustained multiple torpedo hits, but timely counter-flooding measures taken by the crew prevented it from capsizing, and it came to rest on the shallow harbor floor.
Navy veteran Julian Hodges served aboard the USS Yorktown during the Battle of Midway in 1942.
Mar. 29—By GREG JORDAN Bluefield Daily Telegraph PRINCETON — An historic relic representing the Mountain State's link to a pivotal moment in both American and world history arrived Thursday at ...
Ohio-class ballistic-missile submarine USS West Virginia (SSBN-736) conducts a port visit at U.S. Navy Support Facility (NSF) Diego Garcia during a scheduled patrol.
The USS West Virginia, notably damaged during the Pearl Harbor attack, was salvaged and later played a significant role in the Pacific theater, earning five battle stars.