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A Japanese photo of Battleship Row during the initial Pearl Harbor attack. Ships are (l-r) Nevada, repair ship Vestal, Arizona, West Virginia (just taken a torpedo hit), Tennessee, Oklahoma, and Maryland. |
7 December 1941 |
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Another Japanese photo of Battleship Row. Tennessee (inboard) and West Virginia are in the center of the image. |
7 December 1941 |
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Another Japanese photo of Battleship Row. Nevada at the right, is the only ship not totally covered by the dense smoke from the fatally injured Arizona moored ahead. The sterns of Tennessee and West Virginia are barely visible in a break in the smoke. |
7 December 1941 |
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West Virginia (sunk) and Tennessee during the attack. |
7 December 1941 |
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West Virginia (sunk) and Tennessee in the background after the attack, Arizona still burns in the foreground. |
December 1941 |
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West Virginia (sunk) and Tennessee after the attack. |
December 1941 |
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Tennessee and West Virginia (sunk) after the attack. |
December 1941 |
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Being moved to drydock after being refloated. |
1 June 1942 |
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Preparing for trip to Puget Sound for permanent repairs following temporary repairs at Pearl Harbor (provided by Mike Green) |
June 1942 |
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Underway following temporary repairs at Pearl Harbor.  |
April 1943 |
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As rebuilt following Puget Sound overhaul. (provided by Mike Green) |
1944
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As above. (provided by Mike Green) |
June 1944 |
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Seen in Puget Sound after an extensive overhaul which drastically altered her appearance. She now looks virtually identical to the Tennessee class. |
July 1944 |
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Anchored near Puget Sound Navy Yard. |
July 1944 |
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As above. |
July 1944 |
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Starboard view. |
22 July 1944 |
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A quad 40mm Bofors mount and its director in action at Leyte Gulf. Also note the 20mm Oerlikon gun tub on the lower deck. Directly beneath the 40mm barrels can be seen a 5in/38cal mount. |
October 1944 |
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A ring of fire from the 5in/38cal secondary battery while firing in Leyte Gulf. |
October 1944 |
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A close-up of some of the anti-aircraft batteries, in the immediate foreground is a 40mm gun director with a 40mm gun tub a deck below. To the left of the director is a 20mm tub, also visible are several 5in/38cal barrels. In the background the destroyer USS Cony layes smoke off Leyte. |
October 1944 |
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Main battery firing in Leyte Gulf with landing craft and a troop transport in the foregound. |
24 October 1944 |
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Undergoing propeller repairs in a floating drydock (ABSD-1) in the New Hebrides. Note the well worn hull camouflage. |
9 November 1944 |
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As above. Note the extreme beam added during Pearl Harbor reconstruction. |
November 1944 |
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As above. |
11 November 1944 |
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Mississippi in the foreground with West Virginia and New Mexico behind at Lingayen Gulf. |
8 January 1945 |
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Supporting landing craft at Iwo Jima. |
26 February 1945 |
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Bombarding Okinawa in company with other vessels. |
1 April 1945 |
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Providing support for the landings at Okinawa. In the foreground are waves of landing vehicles (LVT's). |
1 April 1945 |
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At war's end with Mount Fuji in the background. |
August 1945 |
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