- 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
- 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
- Pearl Harbor: Survivor Reports - NHHC
Note: Some of these accounts are copies of enclosures attached to the action reports of individual ships Source: Wallin, Homer N Pearl Harbor: Why, How, Fleet Salvage and Final Appraisal (Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1968): 297-327
- Ship Damage Report - Pearl Harbor - NHHC
(a) BATTLESHIPS Arizona sank at her berth as a result of one or more aircraft torpedoes and about eight heavy bomb hits One of the bomb hits (estimated as 2,000 pounds) exploded the forward magazines The ship is considered to be a total wreck except for material which can be salvaged and reassigned A considerable amount of ordnance material has already been removed, and work is underway in
- Passing Honors, National Anniversaries, and Solemnities - NHHC
Passing honors are observed when a ship passes the USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor between sunrise and sunset These are set forth in Article 1282 of the U S Navy Regulations and consist of a call to "Attention" of all personnel on deck, who render hand salutes to the memorial
- 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
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