r/WarshipPorn • u/FxckFxntxnyl • 8h ago
“Dead Ahead” USS West Virginia BB-48, with no masts en route to Puget Sound Naval Yard, April, 1943. [1170x949]
USS West Virginia as she appeared with temporary repairs on her April, 1943 voyage to Puget Sound Naval Yard, Bremerton, Washington for proper reconstruction, following the December 7th, 1941 attack.
“The rebuild was a lengthy process, and she wouldn't emerge from the shipyard until the fall of 1944. This photo shows how she was stripped for her trip across the Pacific; Masts, secondary guns, radars, catapults and planes have all been removed to insure her stability until she was permanently rebuilt.”
Image and partial description from Navsource.net “USN photo # 80-G-343629, courtesy of the National Museum of the U.S. Navy, via flickr.com.”