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| Click On Image For Full Size Image | Size | Image Description | Source | |
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 | 63k | Cut out of the Ohio Class submarine. | Courtesy of Robert Hall. |
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 | 96k | The officers and crew of the Pennsylvania (SSBN-735) stand on her bow after her launching at the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corp., Groton, CT., 23 April 1988. The partly completed West Virginia (SSBN-736) appears on the left. | USN / USNI photo. | |
 | 57k | West Virginia (SSBN-736), probably during her alpha sea trials off the Atlantic coast, 1989. | US Navy photo archives, courtesy of the Federation of American Scientists. | |
 | 84k | West Virginia (SSBN-736), probably during her alpha sea trials off the Atlantic coast, 1989. | Federation of American Scientists. | |
 | 39k | Commemorative post mark on the launching of the West Virginia (SSBN-736), 14 October 1989. | Courtesy of Jack Treutle. | |
 | 387k | Front cover of the West Virginia's (SSBN-736) commissioning ceremony on 20 October 1990. | Photo courtesy of John A. McDonald. Photo added 02/01/08. | |
 | 114k | The Kentucky (SSBN-737) is under construction to the starboard side of the West Virginia (SSBN-736) following her commissioning on 20 October 1990. | USN photo courtesy of Robert Hall. | |
 | 182k | The nuclear-powered fleet ballistic missile submarine West Virginia (SSBN-736) lies in a covered dry dock on the day of its commissioning ceremony at Kings Bay, Georgia on 2 Oct 1990. | USN photo # DN-ST-91-01585, by PH3 Hughes-Smith, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. | |
 | 92k | Senator Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia, principal speaker, displays a gift presented to him at the commissioning ceremony of the nuclear-powered fleet ballistic missile submarine West Virginia (SSBN-736). Standing with Byrd are, from left: CAPT James R. Harvey, commanding officer of the West Virginia's blue crew, Mrs. Erma Byrd and VADM Roger F. Bacon, commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet.
| USN photo # DN-ST-91-01586, by PH3 Hughes-Smith, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. | |
 | 151k | Crew members of the nuclear-powered fleet ballistic missile submarine West Virginia (SSBN-736) stand on the vessel's deck during its commissioning ceremony on 20 Oct 1990.
| USN photo # DN-ST-91-01589, by PH3 Lorrie Hughes-Smith from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. | |
 | 167k | Stern view of the nuclear-powered fleet ballistic missile submarine West Virginia (SSBN-736) as it lies in a covered dry dock on the day of its commissioning ceremony.
| USN photo # DN-ST-91-01584, by PH3 Hughes-Smith, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. | |
 | 31k | Commemorative post mark on the commissioning of the West Virginia (SSBN-736), 20 October 1990. | Courtesy of Jack Treutle. | |
 | 155k | Front cover of the West Virginia (SSBN-736) Welcome Aboard program, circa 1989-91. | Courtesy of Richard Miller, BMCS, USNR RET. | |
 | 202k | Fourth and fifth grade honor students from the Matilda Harris Elementary School pose for a photograph on deck with gold crew members of the nuclear-powered strategic missile submarine West Virginia (SSBN-736), 18 Sep 1991. The students are being treated to an hour-long tour of the vessel.
| USN photo DN-SN-92-04151 courtesy of chinfo.navy.mil. submitted by Bill Gonyo. |
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| 170k | Students explore the torpedo room aboard the nuclear-powered strategic missile submarine West Virginia (SSBN-736) during their hour-long tour of the vessel on 18 Sep 1991.
The children are fourth and fifth grade honor students at Matilda Harris Elementary School.
| USN photo # DN-SN-92-04150, by Julie Irwin, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. | |
 | 120k | A starboard bow view of the nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine West Virginia (SSBN-736) tied up at a pier at Port Everglades, Florida on 4 May 1994. | USN photo # DN-SC-94-02478, by OS2 John Bouvia, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. | |
| 189k | A stern-on view of the ballistic missile submarine West Virginia (SSBN-736) located inside the Magnetic Silencing Facility at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay on 1 Nov 1994. The facility is used to determine a submarine's magnetic signature in order to minimize the possibility of detection. | USN photo # DN-SN-95-01504, by Julie Irwin from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. | |
 | 191k | A starboard bow view of the nuclear-powered ballastic missile submarine West Virginia (SSBN-736) passing through the Magnetic Silencing Facility at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, November 1994. The facility is used to determine a submarine's magnetic signature in order to minimize the possibility of detection
| USN photo # N-0000X-001 / DN-SC-95-01502 courtesy of chinfo.navy.mil. submitted by Bill Gonyo. |
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 | 67k | Quartermaster First Class (QM1) Alexis, on board the nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine West Virginia (SSBN-736), carefully plots a course as the ship departs the Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia on 1 Jun 1995.
| USN photo # DN-SN-96-00024, by Julie Irwin, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. | |
 | 39k | Submarine Centennial Day Proclaimation, 11 April 2000, signed by the Governor of the State of West Virginia in honoring the State's namesake, West Virginia (SSBN-736). | USN photo courtesy of chinfo.navy.mil. submitted by Bill Gonyo. |
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 | 38k | Commemorative post mark on the 11th year of the commissioning of the West Virginia (SSBN-736), 20 October 2001. | Courtesy of Jack Treutle. | |
 | 18k | Commemorative post mark on the 15th year of the commissioning of the West Virginia (SSBN-736), 20 October 2005. | Courtesy of Jack Treutle. | |
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