Eighty-three years ago Saturday, 106 crewmen aboard the USS West Virginia lost their lives after the battleship was struck by at least seven torpedoes and two bombs from Japanese aircraft and sank ...

The battleship U.S.S. West Virginia was among the Navy warships anchored in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on Dec. 7, 1941 when bombers and torpedo planes launched from Japanese aircraft carriers carried ...

Although Battleship USS West Virginia was designed to be the fourth Colorado-class vessel to enter service, the cancellation of the planned USS Washington made her the third battleship to be ...

Among other USS West Virginia artifacts on display at the Morgantown campus are the battleship’s mast and bell, which can be found at a memorial in front of Oglebay Hall, along with a collection ...

His remains were accounted for on Sept. 27, 2024. On Dec. 7, 1941, Frye was assigned to the battleship USS West Virginia, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, when the ship was attacked ...

She reminded everyone that Bowman led the effort to bring the mast of the decommissioned battleship USS West Virginia to WVU. "Due to his persistence, he made the impossible task possible ...