Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/USS West Virginia (BB-48)

USS West Virginia (BB-48)

 * Reason:A small boat rescues a man overboard (foreground, right of center) from the heavily damaged and sinking ship. The USS West Virginia settled to the bottom shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor and was later raised reconditioned, to be decommissioned in 1947.
 * Articles this image appears in:USS West Virginia (BB-48)
 * Creator:U.S. Navy, Office of Public Relations


 * Support as nominator -- Durova Charge! 06:43, 19 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Support GerardM (talk) 14:21, 19 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Support Xavexgoem (talk) 09:02, 20 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Support Meets all the FP criteria Nick-D (talk) 11:07, 22 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Support Famous image -  F ASTILY  (T ALK ) 05:08, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

--wadester16 | Talk→ 18:39, 26 May 2009 (UTC)