Image / USS West Virginia during long-range battle practice along with other battleships, 1924-1939

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Title: USS West Virginia during long-range battle practice along with other battleships, 1924-1939
Date Created and/or Issued: [between 1924-1939]
1924/1939
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
The USS West Virginia firing its long-range guns during battle practice, other battleships can be seen lined up behind her.
Possibly related to Los Angeles Times article, "Gunnery Record Reported Equaled by Battleship West Virginia as Squadron Returns; Feat Would Keep Trophy, Possible Victory Unparalleled; Official Merit of Each Ship to be Disclosed from Photographic Data." 27 Jan. 1934: A6.
Handwritten on negative: USS West Virginia leading live [sic] into action
Text from negative sleeve: United States Navy, Ships, West Virginia
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_4073
ark:/21198/zz002cpst4
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Battleships--American--United States
United States. Navy. Pacific Fleet
West Virginia (Battleship : BB-48)
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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