USS Arizona BB-39

USN
Battleship

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Pearl Harobr Attack
Sunk on December 7, 1941 by a massive explosion from a Japanese armour piercing bomb that penetrated the forward magazine, destroying and sinking the ship almost immediately. The largest loss of life occurred on the Arizona.

Memorial
The Memorial straddles the sunken hull of the battleship USS Arizona and lists the names of the USN and USMC personell killed aboard the ship. The Memorial was dedicated in 1962, and became administered by the USS Arizona / National Park Service from 1980 to the present.

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