U.S.S. West Virginia (1903)

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U.S.S. West Virginia (1903)
Hull Number: ACR-5
Builder: Newport News[1]
Ordered: Act of 3 March, 1899[2]
Laid down: 16 Sep, 1901[3]
Launched: 18 Apr, 1903[4]
Commissioned: 23 Feb, 1905[5]
Sold: 1930[6]

U.S.S. West Virginia was one of six Pennsylvania Class armoured cruisers completed for the U.S. Navy.

Service

She commissioned on 23 February, 1905 with Captain Conway H. Arnold in command.

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 148.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 148.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 148.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 148.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 148.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 148.
  7. Register of Officers, 1907. p. 8.

Bibliography


Pennsylvania Class Armoured Cruiser
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