Rescuing a survivor

Sailors in a motor launch rescue a survivor from the water alongside the sunken USS West Virginia (BB-48) during or shortly after the Japanese air raid on Pearl Harbor.

USS Tennessee (BB-43) is inboard of the sunken battleship.

Note: This is a color-tinted version, not an actual color photograph.

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Uploaded:May 18, 2009
Copyright:Army Signal Corps
Source:U.S. National Archives
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Sailors motor launch rescue survivor water sunk USS West Virginia Japanese air raid Pearl Harbor Tennessee battleship color-tinted color Japan attack bombing destroyed wrecked saving US USA American America ship December 7th 1941