Possibly related to Los Angeles Times articles, “When the Navy’s Fleet of Wasps Takes to the Air, Fleet’s Planes Prove Worth In Test, Flaming Streaks of Death Dart From Sizes to Drop Destruction on War Craft of ‘Enemy’ in Tactical Maneuvers,” 15 Nov. 1926: A1, and “Dreadnaughts Hurl Hail of Steel in War Tests, Conditions Similar to Jellicoe’s Famous Engagement Met by Navy in Spectacular Practice,” 3 Jun. 1926: A1. Both articles are by the same reporter with the dateline “At Sea, Aboard U.S.S. West Virginia” possibly he was aboard for a lengthy trip.
Possibly related to Los Angeles Times articles, “When the Navy’s Fleet of Wasps Takes to the Air, Fleet’s Planes Prove Worth In Test, Flaming Streaks of Death Dart From Sizes to Drop Destruction on War Craft of ‘Enemy’ in Tactical Maneuvers,” 15 Nov. 1926: A1, and “Dreadnaughts Hurl Hail of Steel in War Tests, Conditions Similar to Jellicoe’s Famous Engagement Met by Navy in Spectacular Practice,” 3 Jun. 1926: A1. Both articles are by the same reporter with the dateline “At Sea, Aboard U.S.S. West Virginia” possibly he was aboard for a lengthy trip.
This photograph is similar to one captioned “One of the U.S.S. West Virginia’s huge sea planes being catapulted from the ship’s deck, to do scout work preparatory to ‘the big battle,’” Los Angeles Times, 15 Nov. 1926: A1.