- Arizona (BB-39) - NHHC
Battleship Arizona (BB-39), named to honor the 48th state, was commissioned at the New York Navy Yard on 17 October 1916, with Captain John D McDonald in command After shakedown training off the Virginia Capes, Newport, and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, she returned to New York on Christmas Eve for post-shakedown overhaul After repairs were complete on 3 April 1917, she joined Battleship Division 8
- Arizona (BB-39) Wreck Site (1941) - NHHC
The other bell that was on Arizona remains at the memorial site Caption: USS Arizona (BB-39) burned out and sunk in Pearl Harbor on 10 December 1941, three days after she was destroyed during the 7 December Japanese raid Ships in the background are USS Saint Louis (CL-49), in center, and the hulked minelayer Baltimore (CM-1) at left
- Arizona (BB 39) - NHHC
USS Arizona, a 31,400 ton Pennsylvania class battleship built at the New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York, was commissioned in October 1916 After shakedown off the east coast and in the Caribbean, she operated out of Norfolk, Virginia, until November 1918, when she made a brief cruise to France She made a second cruise to European waters in April-June 1919, proceeding as far east as Turkey
- USS Arizona During the Pearl Harbor Attack - NHHC
USS Arizona (BB-39) was moored inboard of the repair ship Vestal (AR-4) when the Japanese struck Pearl Harbor Early reports claimed that she had been hit by one torpedo in the first part of the action However, this appears not to have been the case, and the destruction of the ship was entirely the work of Japanese horizontal bombers, which struck her with several bombs Some of these caused
- USS Arizona (BB-39) - NHHC
USS Arizona (BB-39), a Pennsylvania-class battleship, was built at the New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York, and was commissioned in October 1916, serving in the Atlantic and Mediterranean areas until 1921 when she was based in Southern California Modernized in 1929-31 at the Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia, she returned to the Pacific after transporting President Herbert Hoover to
- USS Arizona (BB-39) - NHHC
USS Arizona (BB-39), a 31,400 ton Pennsylvania class battleship built at the New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York, was commissioned in October 1916 After shakedown off the east coast and in the Caribbean, she operated out of Norfolk, Virginia, until November 1918, when she made a brief cruise to France She made a second cruise to European waters in April-June 1919, proceeding as far east
- USS Arizona (BB-39) Action Report - NHHC
USS Arizona, Report of Pearl Harbor Attack BB39 A16 U S S Arizona Receiving Barracks, Pearl Harbor, T H December 13, 1941
- Arizona II (Battleship No. 39) - NHHC
Arizona provided temporary shelter on board for a party of Greek nationals, while the battleship’s Marine detachment guarded the American consulate; a number of American citizens also remained on board Arizona until conditions permitted them to return ashore
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