Ship History
Ordered March 4, 1913. Laid down March 16, 1914 at Brooklyn Navy Yard. Launched June 19, 1915. Comissioned October 17, 1916.

Pearl Harobr Attack
Scheduled to receive tender availability, Arizona took the repair ship Vestal (AR-4) alongside on December 6, 1941 at berth F 7, off Ford Island.

The two ships were moored together on the morning of December 7, 1941; among the men on board Arizona that morning were Rear Admiral Kidd and the battleship's captain, Captain Franklin van Valkenburgh.

Sunk on by a massive explosion from a Japanese armour piercing bomb that penetrated the forward magazine, destroying and sinking the ship almost immediately. The Arizona was the single largest loss of life during the attack.

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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Last Updated
December 15, 2008