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#OTD in 1944 #WWII, USS Nashville (CL 43) hit by kamikaze in Pacific, killing 133 sailors. Ship was repaired at Bremerton's Puget Sound Navy Yard (@PSNSandIMF) where a worker saved this damaged piece from floor of crew's washroom. #WWII75
#OTD 1944 USS West Virginia (BB 48) rejoins fleet. Last of 5 battleships repaired @ Puget Sound Navy Yard after Pearl Harbor attack #WWII #WWII75 @PSNSandIMF. Her return marks end of salvage/repair of battleships damaged Dec 7 1941