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Arizona (BB-39) - NHHC Battleship Arizona (BB-39), named to honor the 48th state, was commissioned at the New York Navy Yard on 17 October 1916, with Captain John D McDonald in command After shakedown training off the Virginia Capes, Newport, and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, she returned to New York on Christmas Eve for post-shakedown overhaul After repairs were complete on 3 April 1917, she joined Battleship Division 8
Arizona (BB-39) Wreck Site (1941) - NHHC The other bell that was on Arizona remains at the memorial site Caption: USS Arizona (BB-39) burned out and sunk in Pearl Harbor on 10 December 1941, three days after she was destroyed during the 7 December Japanese raid Ships in the background are USS Saint Louis (CL-49), in center, and the hulked minelayer Baltimore (CM-1) at left
USS Arizona During the Pearl Harbor Attack - NHHC USS Arizona (BB-39) was moored inboard of the repair ship Vestal (AR-4) when the Japanese struck Pearl Harbor Early reports claimed that she had been hit by one torpedo in the first part of the action However, this appears not to have been the case, and the destruction of the ship was entirely the work of Japanese horizontal bombers, which struck her with several bombs Some of these caused
Arizona (BB 39) - NHHC USS Arizona, a 31,400 ton Pennsylvania class battleship built at the New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York, was commissioned in October 1916 After shakedown off the east coast and in the Caribbean, she operated out of Norfolk, Virginia, until November 1918, when she made a brief cruise to France She made a second cruise to European waters in April-June 1919, proceeding as far east as Turkey
USS Arizona (BB-39) - NHHC USS Arizona (BB-39), a Pennsylvania-class battleship, was built at the New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York, and was commissioned in October 1916, serving in the Atlantic and Mediterranean areas until 1921 when she was based in Southern California Modernized in 1929-31 at the Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia, she returned to the Pacific after transporting President Herbert Hoover to
Arizona II (Battleship No. 39) - NHHC Arizona provided temporary shelter on board for a party of Greek nationals, while the battleship’s Marine detachment guarded the American consulate; a number of American citizens also remained on board Arizona until conditions permitted them to return ashore
USS Arizona (BB-39) Action Report - NHHC USS Arizona, Report of Pearl Harbor Attack BB39 A16 U S S Arizona Receiving Barracks, Pearl Harbor, T H December 13, 1941
Passing Honors, National Anniversaries, and Solemnities - NHHC Passing honors are observed when a ship passes the USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor between sunrise and sunset These are set forth in Article 1282 of the U S Navy Regulations and consist of a call to "Attention" of all personnel on deck, who render hand salutes to the memorial
USS Arizona - Reports by Survivors of Pearl Harbor Attack - NHHC USS Arizona Lieutenant Commander S G Fuqua wrote as follows: I was in the ward room eating breakfast about 0755 when a short signal on the ship's air raid alarm was made I immediately went to the phone and called the Officer-of-the-Deck to sound general quarters and then shortly thereafter ran up to the starboard side of the quarter deck to see if he had received word On coming out of the
USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor - NHHC In March 1950, Admiral Arthur W Radford, the Commander in Chief Pacific Fleet, originated the practice of displaying the National Ensign over the sunken remains of USS Arizona The ship's midships structure, which remained above water level, came to be used as a platform for memorial services, and she was the object of passing honors rendered as Navy ships passed by During the later 1950s