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AFDB-1 with West Virginia (BB-48) high and dry in the dock, off Aessi Island, Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides, 13 November 1944. The battleship was docked for upkeep and repair to propellers damaged when she touched ground off Leyte on 21 October.

US National Archives photo # 80-G-314220, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.

Removed caption read: Photo # 80-G-314220     USS West Virginia in floating drydock ABSD-1, 1944
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Source http://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/photography/us-navy-ships/battleships/west-virginia-bb-48/80-G-314220.html
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