<Li> Conning tower: 11.5 in (292 mm) </Li> <Li> Decks: 3.5 in (89 mm) </Li> <P> USS West Virginia (BB - 48), a Colorado - class battleship, was the second United States Navy ship named in honor of the country's 35th state . She was laid down on 12 April 1920 at Newport News, Virginia, launched on 19 November 1921 and commissioned on 1 December 1923 . Her first captain was Thomas J. Senn . After her shakedown and crew training were finished, she was overhauled at Hampton Roads and later ran aground in Lynnhaven Channel . </P> <P> After her repairs she participated in exercises and engineering and gunnery courses, winning four medals in the latter . She participated in other fleet tactical development operations until 1939 . In 1940 she was transferred to Pearl Harbor to guard against potential Japanese attack, and was sunk by six torpedoes and two bombs during the attack on Pearl Harbor . On 17 May 1942, she was salvaged from the seabed by draining the water from her hull . </P>

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