page_title: USS West Virginia (ACR-5)
hierarchical_section_title: USS West Virginia (ACR-5)
caption_attribution_description: English: US Navy photo taken from NavSource (www.navsource.org).
context_page_description: The first USS West Virginia, also referred to as "Armored Cruiser No. 5", and later renamed Huntington, was a United States Navy Pennsylvania-class armored cruiser.
  The ship was launched on 18 April 1903 by Newport News Drydock & ShipbuildingCo., Newport News, Virginia, sponsored by Miss Katherine V. White, and commissioned on 23 February 1905, Captain C. H. Arnold in command.
context_section_description: The first USS West Virginia (ACR-5/CA-5), also referred to as "Armored Cruiser No. 5", and later renamed Huntington, was a United States Navy Pennsylvania-class armored cruiser.
  The ship was launched on 18 April 1903 by Newport News Drydock & ShipbuildingCo., Newport News, Virginia, sponsored by Miss Katherine V. White, and commissioned on 23 February 1905, Captain C. H. Arnold in command.
caption: USS Huntington (ACR-5), port view, 1919. Showing cage masts installed 1911 and catapult removed.
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