USS Arkansas
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USS
Arkansas was a Wyoming class battleship laid down by New
York Shipbuilding Corporation January 1910, and was
launched in January 1911. She participated in World War
One but saw little action, and was modernized in the
1920's. Under second world war she was refitted and spent
most of her time in either training or protecting convoys.
In June 1944 she participated in Operation Overlord and
bombarded German positions at Omaha Beach. They year after
she set sail for Pearl Harbor, and preparations for the
invasion of Iwo Jima and Okinawa where she was used for
shore bombardment and support for the invasion forces.
Under the operations in March 1945 at Okinawa, she was
attacked by Japanese Kamikaze attacks but escaped
unharmed. She received four Battle Stars for her service
during second world war. She was stricken from the navy
lists right after the Japan capitulated, and was assigned
as a target ship for Operation Crossroads in 1946. She was
sunk by the atomic bomb Baker at Bikini Island 25. July
1946. The wreck rest today upside-down as heavy warships
often do, on a depth of 55 meter.
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Picture:
USS ArkansasBundesarchiv, Germany, Bild 102-10062 |
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