Photographs

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USS Arizona (BB-39) on fire after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
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The USS Arizona (BB-39) buring after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
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The USS Arizona (BB-39) afire and sinking after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
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The battleship USS Arizona (BB-39) sinking after being hit by Japanese air attack.
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Wrecked USS Arizona (BB-39) at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, December 12, 1941.
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The USS Arizona (BB-39) burning after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
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View of the starboard side of the sunken USS Arizona's (BB-39) collapsed foremast and midships area, taken at Pearl Harbor on December 9, 1941. On the opposite side of Arizona (BB-39) is USS Tern (AM-31), spraying water on the still-hot wreckage.
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USS Arizona (BB-39) steaming at sea during the 1930s, with her main battery 14""/45 guns trained to port.
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The burned-out, sunken wreck of USS Arizona (BB-39), photographed some days after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
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Left to right, the USS Arizona (BB-39), the USS Tennessee (BB-43), and the USS West Virginia (BB-48), after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941.
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View of the sunken USS Arizona's (BB-39) forward superstructure. The photograph was taken on February 17, 1942, as work began to remove the collapsed wreckage. The crane is removing Arizona's mainmast.
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Vertical aerial view of "Battleship Row", beside Ford Island, soon after the USS Arizona (BB-39) was hit by bombs and her forward magazines exploded. Photographed from a Japanese aircraft.
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The forward magazines of the USS Arizona (BB-39) explode after she was hit by a Japanese bomb on December 7, 1941. Frame clipped from a color motion picture taken from on board the USS Solace (AH-5).
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USS Arizona (BB-39) burned out and sunk at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, after her fires were out, December 9, 1941. USS Tern (AM-31) and USS Navajo (AT-64) are alongside. USS Solace (AH-5) is in the center distance.
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Burned out and sunk in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on December 10, 1941, USS Arizona (BB-39) three days after she was destroyed during the December 7 Japanese raid. Ships in the background are USS Saint Louis (CL-49), in center, and the USS Baltimore (CM-1) at left.
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USS Tennessee (BB-43), at left, alongside the sunken USS West Virginia (BB-48), photographed from the capsized hull of USS Oklahoma (BB-37) on December 10, 1941, three days after the Japanese raid. The mainmast of USS Arizona (BB-39) is visible in the right distance.
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USS Yorktown (CV-5) arrives at Pearl Harbor after the Battle of Coral Sea, May 27, 1942, with her crew paraded in whites on the flight deck. After repairs, she departed on May 30 to take part in the Battle of Midway. The tug Hoga (YT-146) is in the center foreground. The mainmast of the sunken USS Arizona (BB-39) is visible in the distance, just right of Yorktown's stern.
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USS Arizona (BB-39) sunk at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, after her fires were out, December 9, 1941. USS Navajo (AT-64) and USS Tern (AM-31) are alongside, spraying water to cool here burned out forward superstructure and midships area. In the left center distance are the masts of USS West Virginia (BB-48) and USS Tennessee (BB-43).h
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View taken on December 10, 1941, at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, showing the Arizona (BB-39) sunk at her moorings as a result of the Japanese attack on December 7. Ships in the background include (from left to center): USS Tangier (AV-8), USS Solace (AH-5), a Brooklyn class light cruiser, and the hulk of the old minelayer USS Baltimore (CM-1).
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USS Oglala (CM-4) capsized alongside 1010 dock at Pearl Harbor, December 9, 1941. She was sunk during the Japanese air raid two day earlier. Preliminary salvage work on her is already underway. ""Battleship Row"", by Ford Island is in the distance, with USS Maryland (BB-46) in center, alongside the capsized USS Oklahoma (BB-37). Astern are USS West Virginia (BB-48), sunk alongside USS Tennessee (BB-44). Farthest to the right are the sunken and burned-out remains of USS Arizona (BB-39).
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USS Arizona (BB-39) sunk and burning after the Japanese attack, 7 December 1941. Her forward magazines had exploded when she was hit by a Japanese bomb, resulting in the collapse of structure below her two forward turrets and superstructure. The tug Hoga (YT-146) is alongside, fighting fires on board the wrecked battleship.
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USS Widgeon (ASR-1) alongside the stern of the sunken USS Arizona (BB-39), probably on or about December 8, 1941. Arizona's two after triple 14"/45 gun turrets, visible at left, were later removed and turned over to the Army for use as coastal defense batteries on Oahu. In the right distance is the hulk of the old minelayer Baltimore (CM-1).
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View of "Battleship Row", probably taken on December 8, the day after the Japanese raid, with USS Arizona (BB-39) still burning at right. In the center is USS West Virginia (BB-48) sunk alongside USS Tennessee (BB-43). The capsized USS Oklahoma (BB-37) is at left, alongside USS Maryland (BB-46). A barge is outboard of Oklahoma, supporting efforts to cut free crewmen still trapped inside the battleship's hull. In the far right distance is the hulk of the old minelayer USS Baltimore (CM-1).
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Vertical aerial view of "Battleship Row", beside Ford Island, on December 10, 1941, three days after the Japanese raid. Ships seen are (from left to right): USS Arizona (BB-39), burned out and sunk, with oil streaming from her bunkers; USS Tennessee (BB-43) with USS West Virginia (BB-48) sunk alongside; and USS Maryland (BB-46) with USS Oklahoma (BB-37) capsized alongside.
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Aerial view of "Battleship Row" moorings on the southern side of Ford Island, December 10, 1941, showing damage from the Japanese raid three days earlier. In the upper left is the sunken USS California (BB-44), with smaller vessels clustered around her. Diagonally, from left center to lower right are: USS Maryland (BB-46), lightly damaged, with the capsized USS Oklahoma (BB-37) outboard. A barge is alongside Oklahoma, supporting rescue efforts. USS Tennessee (BB-43), lightly damaged, with the sunken USS West Virginia (BB-48) outboard. USS Arizona (BB-39), sunk, with her hull shattered by the explosion of the magazines below the two forward turrets. Note dark oil streaks on the harbor surface, originating from the sunken battleships.