| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Battleship |
| Class | Colorado |
| Pennant | BB 48 |
| Built by | Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. (Newport News, Virginia, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 12 Apr 1920 |
| Launched | 19 Nov 1921 |
| Commissioned | 1 Dec 1923 |
| End service | 9 Jan 1947 |
| History | USS West Virginia (Captain Mervyn Sharp Bennion) was sunk at Pearl Harbour on 7 December 1941. Refloated on 17 May 1942 she was then returned to the US for extensive rebuilding. She did not return from repairs until early July 1944.
Decommissioned 9 January 1947. |
Commands listed for USS West Virginia (BB 48)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Capt. Henry Martin Jensen, USN | 14 May 1938 | 5 Jan 1940 |
| 2 | Capt. Henry Thomas Markland, USN | 5 Jan 1940 | 12 Aug 1941 |
| 3 | Capt. Mervyn Sharp Bennion, USN | 12 Aug 1941 | 7 Dec 1941 (+) |
| 4 | Lt. William White, USN | 7 Dec 1941 | 15 Nov 1942 |
| 5 | Lt.Cdr. Levi James Knight, Jr., USN | 15 Nov 1942 | 10 Jan 1944 |
| 6 | Gerald J. King, USN | 10 Jan 1944 | 15 Jan 1944 |
| 7 | Capt. Herbert Victor Wiley, USN | 15 Jan 1944 | 2 May 1945 |
| 8 | T/Capt. Raymond Wilson Holsinger, USN | 2 May 1945 | 17 Jan 1946 |
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