USS ARIZONA MEMORIAL
DURING THE JAPANESE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR ON DECEMBER 7, 1941 THE ARIZONA WAR BOMBED. SHE EXPLODED AND SANK, KILLING 1,177 OFFICERS AND CREWMEN. THE ARIZONA COULD NOT BE FULLY SALVAGED, THOUGH THE NAVY REMOVED PARTS OF THE SHIP FOR REUSE. THE WRECK STILL LIES AT THE BOTTOM OF PEARL HARBOR AND THE USS ARIZONA MEMORIAL, DEDICATED MAY 30, 1962 TO ALL THOSE WHO DIED DURING THE ATTACK, STRADDLES THE SHIPS HULL.
SEE ALSO-USS ARIZONA MEMORIAL HEADSTONE
SEE ALSO-USS ARIZONA MEMORIAL HEADSTONE
Listing Details
- Public
- WORLD WAR II
- Naval Ship Memorials
- 1962
- ARIZONA MEMORIAL PLACE
- 96818
- DON MORFE
- COURTESY OF HMdb.org
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