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	USS Arizona (BB-39) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The USS Arizona is best known for her catastrophic sinking, with the loss of 1,177 lives, during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, the event that brought about U.S. involvement in World War II.
		Arizona, one of the newest and most powerful American dreadnoughts, served as part of the honor escort convoying the President of the United States to Brest, France on December 13.
		She participated in a succession of fleet problems (the annual maneuvers of the fleet that served as the culmination of the training year), ranging from the Caribbean to the waters off the west coast of Central America and the Canal Zone; from the West Indies to the waters between Hawaii and the west coast.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Arizona_(BB-39) (2935 words)

	USS Arizona - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		On March 4, 1913, Congress authorized the construction of the USS Arizona (BB-39), a Pennsylvania-class battleship.
		The second USS Arizona was a 3850-ton steam frigate launched in October 1865 as USS Neshamny.
		Japanese bombers sank the Arizona in the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, and there is now a USS Arizona Memorial on the site.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Arizona (285 words)

	History of USS Arizona
		The construction of the USS Arizona (BB-39), named for the 48th state in the Union, began on March 16, 1914, when the keel was laid.
		USS Arizona in the 1930s, during its service with the U.S. Pacific Fleet.
		Arizona and its sister ship Pennsylvania represented a modest improvement of the previous Nevada-class battleships: "length and displacement were somewhat increased and two additional 14-inch guns were shipped, the main armament now being arranged in four triple turrets.
	www.pastfoundation.org /Arizona/ArizonaHistory.htm (591 words)

	WWII Archives - Photographs
		Keel of the capsized USS Oklahoma (BB-37) with the USS Maryland (BB-46) in the background during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
		USS Raleigh (CL-7) is kept afloat by a barge lashed alongside, after she was damaged by a Japanese torpedo and a bomb, December 7, 1941.
		USS Raleigh (CL-7) being kept afloat by a salvage barge moored to her port side, after she had been torpedoed and damaged by a bomb during the Japanese raid.
	www.ww2archives.net /servlet/ref_photographs.tmpl?ID=5 (3364 words)

	426arizona
		Operated by the National Park Service, the USS Arizona Memorial serves as a reminder of the tragic events of December 7, 1941, and of the proud battleship that rests beneath the waters of Pearl Harbor.
		Arizona's burning superstructure and listing masts became one of the most-reproduced scenes of the Pacific war as the nation rallied to the cry, "Remember Pearl Harbor!" One of only two ships not refloated after the attack, Arizona was left a shattered hulk on Battleship Row.
		It was there on December 7, 1941, during the Japanese attack, that Arizona's magazines were pierced by a 1,760-lb bomb that shattered the battleship, instantly killing most of her crew and sinking the ship in 40 feet of water.
	www.modelshipbuilding.com /426arizona.htm (316 words)

	US Navy & the Panama Canal
		The USS Arkansas was in the Atlantic at the attack on Pearl Harbor.
		The USS California was at Pearl Harbor, as was the USS Maryland.
		It's namesake USS Lexington CV-16, after a distinguished career, was stationed in Pensacola, FL for many years and was "the" carrier that the Navy used for training pilots to land on aircraft carriers.
	www.czbrats.com /Album/Photo_Album5.htm (373 words)

	USS Arizona National Historic Landmark Nomination
		Intact, unsalvaged, and resting in the silt of Pearl Harbor, USS Arizona is a partially frozen moment of time, her death wounds visible and still bleeding oil, and her intact hulk holding most of the battleship's crew.
		In the aftermath of the Pearl Harbor attack the United States Navy commenced repair and salvage work and succeeded in raising all of sunken vessels with the exception of USS Arizona and USS Utah.
		USS Arizona received the most serious battle damage of the ships attacked on December 1941.
	www.cr.nps.gov /maritime/nhl/arizona.htm (3316 words)

	Arizona
		One of the two anchors recovered from the USS Arizona is on display at the entrance to the Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
		The other anchor recovered from the USS Arizona is the center point of the park in front of the Arizona State capitol.
		he battleship USS Arizona bears a state's name because when it was build the battleship was the mightiest ship of the Navy, and the mightiest ships were required, by law, to be named after a state.
	www.doney.net /aroundaz/arizona.htm (1397 words)

	USS Arizona BB-39 Battleship Model
		The USS Arizona BB-39 proudly served her country from 1916-1941.
		USS Arizona is a Pennsylvania Class Battleship built in Brooklyn New York and sister ship to the earlier USS Pennsylvania BB-38 Battleship.
		While moored in Pearl Harbor's Battleship Row on the morning of December 7th 1941 USS Arizona was hit by several Japanese carrier aircraft bombs.
	thatravenmagic.com /arizona.html (544 words)

	History for USS Arizona - BB 39
		The USS Arizona was laid down on March 16, 1914, launched on June 19, 1915, and commissioned on October 17, 1916.
		The uss arizona was sunk at 8:10 am on December 7, 1941 by a type 97 japanese bomber..
		The Arizona operated out of Norfolk throughout the...
	www.military.com /HomePage/UnitPageHistory/0,13506,200254,00.html (290 words)

	USS Arizona
		The USS Arizona is the final resting place for many of the ship's 1,177 crewman who lost their lives on December 7, 1941.
		The USS Pennsylvania and USS Arizona were the US Navy's response the the HMS Dreadnought in the early 20th century naval arms race.
		This half-model depicts the Arizona as she was on the morning of Dec. 7, 1941.
	www.unlimiteddetails.com /arizona.html (216 words)

	USS ARIZONA MEMORIAL
		The USS Arizona is the final resting place for many of the ship's 1,177 crewmen who lost their lives on December 7, 1941.
		The USS Arizona Memorial grew out of wartime desire to establish some sort of memorial at Pearl Harbor to honor those who died in the attack.
		The USS Nevada attempted to run out to sea but took several hits and had to be beached to avoid sinking and blocking the harbor entrance.
	www.nps.gov /usar/ExtendWeb1.html (1405 words)

	USS Arizona ( BB-39) Memorial Pearl Harbor Hawaii
		USS Arizona who died in the line of duty and gave that last full measure of devotion on Sunday, December 7, 1941 a date that will always live in infamy.
		The state of Arizona was admitted to the union on Valentine's Day 1912, and on that day first ship to bear the name USS Arizona began her history.
		Classed as a super-dreadnought due to her twelve 14 inch guns, she is a twin sister to USS Pennsylvania which was already under construction at Newport News, Virgina.
	members.cox.net /wrighteous/bb39/bb39.html (471 words)

	Hawaii
		The USS ARIZONA (BB 39) was sunk in the attack on Pearl Harbor on 07 December, 1941.
		The first pictures are from the USS ARIZONA Memorial.
		Bryan standing by one of the ARIZONA's anchors at the entrance to the land-side of the memorial.
	www.bryan.tracy.braswell.net /Hawaii.htm (553 words)

	Lee's Toy Review - Your Source for Action Figures, Toys, and Die Cast Information
		The 32,600-ton USS Arizona BB-39, the “World’s Most Famous Battleship,” was remembered as an American casualty in the December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor.
		Assortments include the USS Hornet CV-8, the USS Arizona BB-39, and the USS New Jersey BB-62.
		This provoked the enemy to send forces against Midway, resulting in the loss of 4 aircraft carriers, a heavy cruiser, and 258 aircraft at the hands of the U.S. The USS Hornet’s heroic run came to an end in the October 1942 battle of Santa Cruz.
	www.leestoyreview.com /news-detail.asp?ID=814 (324 words)

	HyperWar: USS Arizona (BB-39)
		USS Arizona Memorial -- The final resting place for 1,102 (75 were recovered) crewmen of the U.S.S. Arizona who lost their lives on December 7, 1941
		USS Arizona Exhibit [Arizona Dept of Library, Archives and Public Records] The exhibit brings a personal account of life onboard the USS Arizona in the 1920's
		USS Arizona and Pearl Harbor: Myths and Facts
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/USN/ships/BB/BB-39_Arizona.html (212 words)

	MaritimeQuest - USS Arizona BB-39 Page 1
		January 1920 USS Arizona Battleship #39 at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
		1917 USS Arizona Battleship #39 in the Atlantic during gunnery practice
		June 19, 1915 Launch of the USS Arizona at the New York Naval Shipyard in Brooklyn, New York
	maritimequest.com /warship_directory/us_navy_pages/uss_arizona_bb39.htm (49 words)

	Internet Resources on the USS Arizona
		USS ARIZONA (BB-39) from Battleship Row : USN at Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941.
		USS Missouri Memorial - the USS Missouri, the location of the WWII surrender ceremony Sept. 2, 1945, is a memorial and museum at the seaward end battleship row alongside Ford Island (near the Arizona Memorial).
		USS Arizona Reunion Association maintained by I B Nease
	dizzy.library.arizona.edu /images/USS_Arizona/links.shtml (2295 words)

	U.S. World War II Battleships and Battlecruisers
		USS Utah (BB 31) and USS Wyoming (BB 32) were both built as battleships but neither were used as such in WWII so they are excluded at this site.
		USS Utah was converted to AG16 as a target/training ship in the early 1930's and at the time of the attack on Pearl Harbor was mostly disarmed and much of the deck planked over.
		(The partially sunk hull still remains there today.) USS Wyoming was also converted to a training ship (AG17) and was used as such until her decommissioning in 1947.
	battleships.freewebsitehosting.com (457 words)

	I. B. Nease :: USS Arizona Band No. 22 - Band Roster - Lorraine Marks-Haislip :: USS Arizona BB39 and Pearl Harbor Memorial Page
		Collated from the USS ARIZONA Deck Log and the 8 July 1941 issue of the "At-Em" newspaper printed aboard the USS ARIZONA BB-39.
		Slip, in fact, was transferred from the U.S.S. Arizona after serving aboard her for five years; he was then transferred to submarines and was in Manila Bay Dec. 8th 1941.
		Haislip, with the ongoing encouragement of her husband, Slip, who had served on the U.S.S. Arizona until May of 1941, has continued the fight to not only preserve but to commemorate ALL of the men who were lost at Pearl Harbor.
	www.ussarizona.org /band/band_roster.shtml (434 words)

	I B Nease :: USS Arizona BB-39 and Pearl Harbor Memorial Page :: USS Arizona Reunion Association
		After training, I was sent home for a week and then back to Great Lakes and from there, by train to Bremerton, Washington to board the USS Arizona BB39.
		A survivor on board the USS ARIZONA during the attack on Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941.
		Members of the USS Arizona Reunion Association will remember one of their own.
	www.ussarizona.org (380 words)

	USS ARIZONA 1934-1937 // Gerald Ade "Rosy" Turner, USMC
		After the New Year, the USS Arizona sailed down the East coast into the Caribbean.
		In 1936 the USS Arizona was the flag ship of "the White Fleet" during Fleet Problem XVII.
		From late June through mid July 1937, the USS Arizona and her crew assisted in the search for Amelia Earhart.
	www.txdirect.net /users/wlldggr/arizona.htm (940 words)

	USS Arizona
		Many of these items are on exhibit at the USS Arizona memorial in the University of Arizona Student Union.
		Tragically, the ship is familiar to most people because on December 7th, 1941 the USS Arizona was sunk during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor with the loss of over eleven hundred crew members.
		The battleship Arizona served with pride and distinction in the U.S. Navy from 1916 until 1941.
	www.library.arizona.edu /images/USS_Arizona/USS_Arizona.shtml (243 words)

	USS Arizona BB-39
		The Memorial was dedicated in 1962, and became administered by the USS Arizona / National Park Service from 1980 to the present.
		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 largest loss of life occurred on the Arizona.
	www.pacificwrecks.com /ships/usn/BB-39.html (93 words)

	Tribute to Pearl Harbor & USS ARIZONA
		Nowadays, the USS MISSOURI is stationed in Pearl Harbor.
		The Arizona is a symbol of the start of America's war in the Pacific.
		A Graphic of Arizona memorial and ghost ship outline was done by Cyndi Temple using Photoshop 5.5 and a combination of photos.
	www.geocities.com /hstrymjr/hawaii.html (589 words)

	USS Arizona BB-39 Signature Series.
		Signed by four USS Arizona Survivors: Glen Lane, Russell McCurdy, Vincent Vlach & Donald Stratton.
		The U.S.S. Arizona sat unsuspecting in Pearl Harbor's battleship row as the Japanese attacked on the morning of December 7, 1941.
		At approximately 8:10 AM she was hit by an armor piercing bomb, igniting her forward ammunition.
	www.motionmodels.com /ships/bb/e3532e3ss.html (109 words)

	Amazon.com: USS Arizona to USS Missouri: From Tragedy to Victor: DVD: Uss Arizona-Uss Missouri-from Tragedy to Victory
		The USS Arizona (BB-39)was torn apart by an armor-piercing bomb in Japan's sneak attack on Pearl Harbor.
		On one end is the USS Arizona Memorial, a few hundred yards away is the USS Missouri.
		USS Arizona to USS Missouri: From Tragedy to Victor (2002)
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0001KNHCC?v=glance (468 words)

	USS Arizona - Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
		The Arizona Memorial shares parking space with the USS Bowfin Submarine Museum and Park, where you can also purchase tickets for the USS Missouri.
		The Arizona experience begins with a 25-minute film that sketches the history of the ship, the attack and events thereafter.
		The Arizona memorial was stop #1 on day #1 of my Hawaiian vacation.
	www.taskforce1.org /arizona.htm (295 words)

	I B NEASE, USNR RETIRED - USS ARIZONA REUNION ASSOCIATION - TORPEDOES
		The USS ARIZONA BB-39's drafe was deeper than the VESTAL by 15 feet forward and 11 feet 6 inches aft, enough for a torpedo to pass under the VESTAL and strike the ARIZONA at frame 35 right in the forward magazine, as reported by Commander Fuqua during the Congressional hearings.
		Commander Geiselman was now the new Commanding Officer of the USS ARIZONA'S remaining crew.
		Ignited by fires aboard the ARIZONA, the oil burned fiercely as crewmen aboard the sunken ARIZONA, and trapped in the toppled Port Director, were saved from certain death by a line thrown from VESTAL crewman Joe George.
	www.homestead.com /arizonareunion2/torpedo.html (817 words)

	ASLAPR -- Helpful Links
		Delgado, James P. USS Arizona (BB-39) Wreck: National Historic Landmark Study
		Arizona State Library Archives and Public Records Museum Division: USS Arizona Exhibit
		USS Arizona -- Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records
	www.lib.az.us /links/USSArizona.cfm (80 words)

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