My dad was on the West Virginia during the Battle of Leyte Gulf. In the night action at Surigao Straits, West Virginia scored direct hits on Yamashiro in her first salvo. She fire 93 16 in shells at the Japanese Battleship.
I remember the West Virginia was either sunk or heavily damaged at Pearl Harbor. It was repaired and eventually got back in the war.
The last battleship to battleship fight.I was 11 years old when I saw a Comic Book about the Battle of Leyte Gulf, and I talked my dad, a veteran of the Marines in WW2 into buying it for me. (Dell Combat Number 24 1967) I was wild about battleships.
Is your dad still alive?
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