USS Arizona
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USS Arizona was laid down
at Brooklyn Navy Yard in March 1914 and launched in June
1915. She was a Pennsylvania
super dreadnaught class battleship and was put in
service in 1916, but never participated in any
operations during world war one. She was sent to the
Mediterranean in 1919, but was thereafter transferred to
the Pacific Fleet in California. In 1929-1930 she was
modernized and in 1940 the whole fleet was transferred
to Pearl Harbor. Under the Japanese attack on Pearl
Harbor 7.December 1941 she laid at Battleship Row and
was hit by a bomb in one of her powder magazines and an
explosion literally tore the mighty ship apart. She sank
partly submerged shortly after and was on fire for two
days. 1177 people died on the Arizona. The super
structure and main gun turrets were later removed and
today the wreck rest on a depth of 12 meter and is
considered a war grave.
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