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NH 104513-B USS West Virginia

Photo #: NH 104513-B USS West Virginia
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Title: USS West Virginia
Description: (Armored Cruiser # 5) A catapult hurls a Pollywog backwards into the dunking tank, where he will receive the attentions of waiting Shellbacks, during an Equator crossing ceremony in October 1919, while the ship was en route to the western Pacific. Photo from the 1909-1924 album of Vice Admiral Olaf M. Hustvedt, USN (Retired), who was a Midshipman in USS West Virginia at the time this image was made. Courtesy of Rick Hauck, 2006. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 104513-B
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