Eighty-three years ago Saturday, 106 crewmen aboard the USS West Virginia lost their lives after the battleship was struck by at least seven torpedoes and two bombs from Japanese aircraft and sank ...

(WOWK) – A sailor who died aboard the USS West Virginia during the attack on Pearl Harbor will finally be laid to rest this week. Fireman 2nd Class William Paul Kubinec was born Dec. 16, 1919 ...

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A sailor killed serving on board the USS West Virginia during the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor will be laid to rest on the same day a tribute will take place at the ship’s mast.

Along with the 27 servicemen who were from the Mountain State who died on Dec. 7, 1941, the USS West Virginia also lost 107 sailors after the torpedo hits combined with two bombs dropped by the ...

The centerpiece of the memorial, a naval deck gun believed to have once served on the USS West Virginia, is being restored along with the nearby steam engine that sits in the park. The ...

U.S. Navy’s USS West Virginia Battleship: 32,000 Tons of Raw Power Summary: Designed during World War I, the U.S. Navy’s Colorado-class battleships represented the last of the pre-Washington ...