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A small boat rescues a seaman from the 31,800 ton USS West Virginia after the attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941.
Smoke rolling out amidships shows where the most extensive damage occurred. Note the two men in the superstructure. The USS Tennessee is inboard.
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