Page 2 ~ The Attack, Salvage Operations and Present Day
From her birth when the keel was laid in March of 1914 to her death 7 December 1941 and beyond, this is an historical look at the life of the USS ARIZONA.
Page 1 of this series shows the USS ARIZONA from birth to the attack at Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941.
Page 2 (current page) shows the USS ARIZONA during the attack, the aftermath and cleanup, and continues thru today.
Page 3 shows a little of life aboard the USS Arizona.
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7 December 1941 ~ The attack begins
Captured Japanese Photo
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Battleship Row - 7 December 1941
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Battleship Row - 7 December 1941
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Battleship Row - 7 December 1941
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USS Arizona, Pearl Harbor, 0805, 7 Dec 1941
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USS Arizona ~ 7 December 1941
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USS Arizona in flames. This is where survivor Donald G. Stratton's battlestation was.
Photo AMMA Submitted by survivor Vincent "Jim" Vlach.
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Above photo in its original form.
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USS Arizona now a blazing inferno. The water is coated in flaming oil. Many survivors had to swim through this blazing oil to reach safety - coated in oil and badly burned, but alive.
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Within only 8 short minutes after the attack began, the mighty USS Arizona lay sunk in the harbor with most of her crew still trapped aboard.
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The USS Arizona continued to blaze long after the attack was over.
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USS Arizona as seen from Ford Island. This is the swim that many survivors made to reach saftey. A short distance of only a couple hundred yards, but what seemed like miles to those making the swim - so many were badly burned - some mortally wounded.
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USS Arizona still smouldering after the attack. Over 1100 still trapped in the depths of the ship - no way to know if there are any crew members still alive.
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USS Arizona - 10 December 1941
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17 February 1942 shows collapsed forward superstructure.
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25 February 1942 shows turrets #3 and #4.
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Removal of formast. 1942
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USS Arizona, May 18, 1942. View from Port Bow. Wreckage of bow in foreground.
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USS Arizona, May 18, 1942. View from Main Mast. Bow projecting from water - forward.
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USS ARIZONA BB-39 Salvage Operations 18 May 1942.
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Salvaged 5 inch gun.
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Removing projectiles from turet number 4 - 18 May 1942.
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5 October 1942 - Removal of ammunition aft. #4 turret handling room (D-411) looking aft on the port side, showing leakage through water shed on main deck.
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24 October 1942 - Apperance of man after work in partially unwatered after magazines.
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Salvage work on the Arizona taken in Dec., 1942. This photo shows the armored conning tower with all of the surrounding bridges, tripod foremast and supporting superstructure already removed.
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3 March 1943
Gun chamber of turret #2 partially unwatered, looking aft.
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USS ARIZONA (BB-39) - Salvage - aerial views looking forward from just aft of turret #4. 21 March 1943.
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USS ARIZONA (BB-39) - 19 April 1943
Lifting underwater wreckage aft of conning tower foundation.
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Divers emerging from the wreck of USS Arizona 25 May 1943. Note how the divers are coated thick fuel oil still leaking from the ship.
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Original USS Arizona Memorial - 1952
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Three helicopters from HS771 NAS Los Alamitos, California in a fly by "salute" to the USS ARIZONA. Pearl Harbor July 1959.
Photo Copyright I.B. Nease, USNR Ret.
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Plaque at the original USS Arizona Memorial - 1959. Reads "The tomb of 1,102 men who gave their lives on 7 Dec. 1941." Today the most accurate count is believed to be between 902 and 945 men entombed on the Arizona.
Photo Copyright I.B. Nease, USNR Ret.
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Construction of the Current USS Arizona Memorial - 1960.
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The USS Arizona Memorial today.
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