 {|    |}  the first uss west virginia (acr-5), also referred to as "armored cruiser no. 5", and later renamed huntington (ca-5), was a united states navy  armored cruiser. the ship was launched on 18 april 1903 by newport news shipbuilding, newport news, virginia, sponsored by miss katherine v. white, and commissioned on 23 february 1905, captain c. h. arnold in command. ==pre-world war i== after shakedown training, west virginia cruised with the new york naval militia as a unit of the atlantic fleet until 30 september 1906 when she sailed for duty with the asiatic squadron. the ship remained with the asiatic squadron on training operations for two years, and after overhaul at mare island in 1908 
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