USS Arizona Battleship Pearl Harbor History

Built for and by the United States Navy, the USS Arizona Battleship (BB-39) was built in the mid-1910s. During the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941, the USS Arizona Battleship was bombed.

The USS Arizona Battleship exploded and sank, killing 1,177 officers and crewmen. Many of the other ships involved in the Pearl Harbor attack were able to be salvaged, but not the USS Arizona. While the Navy did remove parts of the ship for reuse, the wreck of the USS Arizona Battleship still lies at the bottom of Pearl Harbor.

The USS Arizona Memorial, dedicated on May 30th, 1962 to all those who died during the attack, straddles the ship’s hull.

Learn about the Pearl Harbor history with these photos of the USS Arizona Battleship:

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