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NH 64490 Salvage of USS West Virginia (BB-48)

Photo #: NH 64490 Salvage of USS West Virginia (BB-48), 1942-43
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Description: Captain Homer N. Wallin (left), Salvage Officer, and Lieutenant Commander W. White, Commanding Officer of USS West Virginia, on board the ship while she was under salvage at Pearl Harbor in 1942. They are wearing the tank suit coveralls and knee-length rubber boots used by Pearl Harbor salvage team members when engaged in particularly dirty work. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval History and Heritage Command.
Catalog #: NH 64490
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