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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data
Photo #: NH 64305
Salvage of USS West Virginia (BB-48), 1942-43
Removal of a dud Japanese bomb found in USS West Virginia
while she was under salvage at Pearl Harbor.
The bomb is visible at the bottom of the view, half-buried in
grime.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
Online Image: 165KB; 740 x 610 pixels
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