Lighting Up the Darkness USS West Virginia (BB-48), unleashes | U.S History
Lighting Up the Darkness
USS West Virginia (BB-48), unleashes a 16 inch salvo into the night on 25 October 1944. The Pearl Harbor survivor fired sixteen salvos during the Battle of Surigao Strait in the early morning hours of 25 October, scoring hits on the battleship Yamashiro and cruiser Mogami. Surigao Strait would go into the history books as the final battleship verses battleship engagement in naval history. West Virginia is photographed above from fellow Pearl Harbor veteran, USS Pennsylvania (BB-38).
