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The battleship USS Arizona (BB-39), modernized at NNSY from 1929 to 1931, was destroyed during the Dec. 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor.  An 1,800-pound bomb triggered a massive explosion and sunk the ship with more than 1,000 crewmembers trapped inside. This photo shows the Arizona three days after the attack.
411210-N-N2259-001.JPG Photo By: Courtesy of Marcus W. Robbins, Shipyard Historian

NORFOLK NAVAL SHIPYARD, Portsmouth, Va. - The battleship USS Arizona (BB-39), modernized at NNSY from 1929 to 1931, was destroyed during the Dec. 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor. An 1,800-pound bomb triggered a massive explosion and sunk the ship with more than 1,000 crewmembers trapped inside. This photo shows the Arizona three days after the attack.


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