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Ships · United States · 1916-1941

USS Arizona (BB-39)

battleship

A Japanese armor-piercing bomb detonated Arizona's forward ammunition magazine during the attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, destroying the ship in seconds and killing 1,177 of her crew, nearly half the servicemen lost that day. She was never raised, and the memorial built across her sunken hull remains the most visited site of American mourning from the war.

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crew~1,400
displacement33,384 tons (standard), 35,929 full load (as modernised 1929-31)
armament12x 14in guns
fatesunk at Pearl Harbor, 7 Dec 1941

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Arizona (BB39) port bow, before being modernized at Norfolk Naval Shipyard between May 1929 and January 1930
Arizona (BB39) port bow, before being modernized at Norfolk Naval Shipyard between May 1929 and January 1930Photographer: Unknown Retouched by: Mmxx · Public domain · source
USS Arizona (BB-39)
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Photograph of Captain Isaac C, Kidd, USN, Commanding Officer, USS Arizona (BB-39) Photographed on the deck of his ship, circa 1939. Captain Kidd has inscribed the original print: To my able gunnery officer and friend Com
Photograph of Captain Isaac C, Kidd, USN, Commanding Officer, USS Arizona (BB-39) Photographed on the deck of his ship, circa 1939. Captain Kidd has inscribed the original print: To my able gunnery officer and friend Comno photographer credited · Public domain · source

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