From Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay: Battleship West Virginia's Odd Journey into War | Battle Stars Ep. 7

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While planners in Washington deliberate the future of the American battleship, a handful of unsung heroes apply old-fashioned American ingenuity, daring, and elbow grease to wrench West Virginia from Death’s icy grip and give her a second chance to fight.

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Credits: US National Archives, US Naval Institute, Naval History & Heritage Command, and World of Warships.

Music from Fallout 76 (2018) published by Bethesda Softworks.
Album: Fallout 76 (Original Trailer Soundtrack) by Copilot Music + Sound.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRPeYP6gS-s

Sources:
1. Friedman, Norman. U.S. Battleships: An Illustrated Design History (Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1985; reprinted, 2016).
2. Madsen, Daniel. Resurrection: Salvaging the Battle Fleet at Pearl Harbor (Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2003).
3. Morison, Samuel Eliot, History of United States Naval Operations in World War II, Vol. XII, Leyte, June 1944—January 1945 (Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1953; reprinted Naval Institute Press, 2011).
4. Wallin, Vice Adm. Homer N. Pearl Harbor: Why, How, Fleet Salvage and Final Appraisal (Washington, DC: Naval History Division, 1968).



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