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| Ship image = Arizona (BB39) Port Bow, Underway - NARA - 5900075 - 1930.jpg
| Ship caption = ''Arizona'' during the 1920s
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| Ship country = United States
| Ship flag = {{USN flag|1941}}
| Ship name = ''Arizona''
| Ship identification = [[Hull number]]: BB-39
| Ship namesake = [[Arizona]]
| Ship ordered = 4 March 1913
| Ship builder = [[Brooklyn Navy Yard]]
| Ship laid down = 16 March 1914
| Ship launched = 19 June 1915
| Ship commissioned = 17 October 1916
| Ship decommissioned = 29 December 1941<ref name="nvr" />
| Ship struck = 1 December 1942<ref name="nvr" /><!-- NOTE: THIS IS THE CORRECT DATE. When a ship is removed from an official register (such as the United States Navy's Naval Vessel Register), the date it is removed (or struck) from the register should be listed here. This field does not include collisions, groundings, or attacks a ship has experienced. -->
| Ship fate = Sunk during the [[attack on Pearl Harbor]], 7 December 1941 by Japanese aircraft
| Ship status = [[USS Arizona Memorial|Memorial]] wreck
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| Header caption = (as completed)
| Ship class = {{sclass|Pennsylvania|battleship}}
| Ship displacement = *{{convert|29158|LT|lk=on}} ([[Displacement (ship)#Standard displacement|standard]])
| Ship length = {{convert|608|ft|m|1|abbr=on}}
| Ship beam = {{convert|97|ft|1|abbr=on}}
| Ship draft = {{convert|29|ft|3|in|m|1|abbr=on}} (deep load)
| Ship power = *12 [[Babcock & Wilcox boiler]]s
*{{cvt|33376|shp|lk=on}}
| Ship propulsion = *4 shafts; 4 sets of [[steam turbine]]s
| Ship speed = {{convert|21|kn|lk=in}}
| Ship range = {{convert|8000|nmi|lk=in|abbr=on}} at {{convert|10|kn}}
| Ship complement = 1,087 (1,358 in 1931)
| Ship armament = *4 × triple [[14"/45 caliber gun|14 in (356 mm) guns]]
* 22 × single [[5"/51 caliber gun|5 in (127 mm) guns]]
* 4 × single [[3"/50 caliber gun|3 in (76 mm)]] [[AA gun]]s
* 2 × [[American 21 inch torpedo|21 in (533 mm)]] [[torpedo tube]]s
| Ship armor = *[[Belt armor|Belt]]: {{convert|13.5|-|8|in|abbr=on|0}}
* [[Bulkhead (partition)|Bulkheads]]: {{convert|13|-|8|in|abbr=on|0}}
* [[Barbette]]s: {{convert|13|in|abbr=on|0}}
* [[Gun turret|Turrets]]: {{convert|18|in|abbr=on|0}}
* [[Deck (ship)|Decks]]: {{convert|5|in|abbr=on|0}}
* [[Conning tower]]: {{convert|16|-|14|in|abbr=on|0}}
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'''USS ''Arizona''''' ([[Hull number|hull number]] '''BB-39''') was a [[standard-type battleship]] built for the [[United States Navy]] in the mid-1910s. Named in honor of the [[Arizona|48th state]], she was the second and last ship in the {{sclass|Pennsylvania|battleship|4}}. After being [[ship commissioning|commissioned]] in 1916, ''Arizona'' remained stateside during [[World War I]] but escorted President [[Woodrow Wilson]] to the subsequent [[Paris Peace Conference, 1919|Paris Peace Conference]]. The ship was deployed abroad again in 1919 to represent American interests during the [[Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922)|Greco-Turkish War]]. Two years later, she was transferred to the [[United States Pacific Fleet|Pacific Fleet]], under which the ship would remain for the rest of her career.

The 1920s and 1930s saw ''Arizona'' regularly deployed for training exercises, including the annual [[Fleet Problem]]s, excluding a comprehensive modernization between 1929 and 1931. The ship supported relief efforts in the wake of a [[1933 Long Beach earthquake|1933 earthquake near Long Beach, California]], and was later filmed for a role in the 1934 [[James Cagney]] film ''[[Here Comes the Navy]]'' before budget cuts led to significant periods in port from 1936 to 1938. In April 1940, the Pacific Fleet's home port was moved from California to [[Pearl Harbor]], Hawaii, as a deterrent to Japanese imperialism.

On 7 December 1941, the Japanese [[attack on Pearl Harbor|attacked Pearl Harbor]], and ''Arizona'' was hit by several air-dropped armor-piercing bombs. One detonated an explosive-filled [[magazine (artillery)#Naval magazines|magazine]], sinking the battleship and killing 1,177 of its officers and crewmen. Unlike many of the other ships attacked that day, ''Arizona'' was so irreparably damaged that it was not repaired for service in [[World War II]]. The shipwreck still lies at the bottom of Pearl Harbor beneath the [[USS Arizona Memorial|USS ''Arizona'' Memorial]]. Dedicated to all those who died during the attack, the memorial is built across the ship's remains.

== Description ==
The ''Pennsylvania''-class ships were significantly larger than their predecessors, the {{sclass|Nevada|battleship|4}}. ''Arizona'' had an [[length overall|overall length]] of {{convert|608|ft|1}}, a [[beam (nautical)|beam]] of {{convert|97|ft|1}} (at the [[waterline]]), and a [[draft (ship)|draft]] of {{convert|29|ft|3|in|m|1}} at [[deep load]]. This was {{convert|25|ft|m|1}} longer than the older ships. She displaced {{convert|29158|LT|MT|lk=on}} at [[Displacement (ship)|standard]] and {{convert|31917|LT|MT}} at deep load, over {{convert|4000|LT|MT|-1}} more than the older ships. The ship had a [[metacentric height]] of {{convert|7.82|ft|1}} at deep load.<ref name="f0">Friedman, p. 440.</ref> Her crew numbered 56 officers and 1,031 [[enlisted men]] as built.<ref name="s9" />

[[File:Arizona (BB39) At Launch Approaching End of Ways - NARA - 5900076 - 1915 edit.jpg|left|thumb|''Arizona''{{'}}s launch, 19 June 1915]]

The ship had four direct-drive [[Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Company|Parsons]] [[steam turbine]] sets, each of which drove a propeller {{convert|12|ft|1.5|in|1}} in diameter<ref name=s60>Stillwell, p. 360.</ref> using steam provided by twelve [[Babcock & Wilcox boiler]]s.<ref name="f0" /> The turbines were designed to produce a total of {{convert|34000|shp|lk=on}}, but achieved only {{convert|33376|shp|abbr=on}} during ''Arizona''{{'}}s [[sea trial]]s, when she met her designed speed of {{convert|21|kn|lk=in}}.<ref>Breyer, p. 214.</ref> However, she did manage to reach {{convert|21.5|kn}} during a full-power trial in September 1924.<ref>Stillwell, p. 305.</ref> She was designed to carry enough [[fuel oil]] to steam at a speed of {{convert|12|knots}} for {{convert|8000|nmi|lk=in}} with a clean bottom. She had four {{convert|300|kW|0|adj=on}} [[turbo generator]]s.<ref name="f0" />

''Arizona'' carried twelve 45-[[caliber (artillery)#Barrel length|caliber]] [[14"/45 caliber gun|14-inch guns]] in triple [[gun turret]]s.<ref name="f0" /> The turrets were numbered from I to IV from front to rear.<ref>Wright, pp. 66, 123, 285.</ref> Defense against [[torpedo boat]]s was provided by twenty-two 51-caliber [[5"/51 caliber gun|{{convert|5|in|adj=on|0}} guns]] mounted in individual [[casemate]]s in the sides of the ship's hull. Positioned as they were they proved vulnerable to sea spray and could not be worked in heavy seas.<ref>Friedman, pp. 116, 440.</ref> The ship mounted four 50-caliber [[3"/50 caliber gun|{{convert|3|in|adj=on}} guns]] for [[Anti-aircraft warfare|anti-aircraft]] defense, although only two were fitted when completed. The other pair was added shortly afterwards on top of Turret III.<ref>Stillwell, p. 19.</ref> ''Arizona'' also mounted two {{convert|21|in|0|adj=on}} [[torpedo tube]]s underwater, one on each [[broadside (naval)|broadside]], and carried 24 [[torpedo]]es for them.<ref name="f0" />

The ''Pennsylvania''-class design continued the [[all or nothing (armor)|all-or-nothing]] principle of armoring only the most important areas of the ship begun in the ''Nevada'' class. The waterline [[Belt armor|armor belt]] of [[Krupp armor]] measured {{convert|13.5|in|mm|0}} thick and covered only the ship's machinery spaces and [[magazine (artillery)|magazines]]. It had a total height of {{convert|17|ft|6|in|1}}, of which {{convert|8|ft|9.75|in|1}} was below the waterline; beginning {{convert|2|ft|4|in|1}} below the waterline, the belt tapered to its minimum thickness of {{convert|8|in|0}}.<ref name="f0" /> The transverse [[Bulkhead (partition)|bulkheads]] at each end of the ship ranged from 13 to 8&nbsp;inches in thickness. The faces of the gun turrets were {{convert|18|in|0}} thick while the sides were {{convert|9|-|10|in|0}} thick and the turret roofs were protected by {{convert|5|in|0}} of armor. The armor of the [[barbette]]s was {{convert|18|to|4.5|in|mm|0}} thick. The [[conning tower]] was protected by {{convert|16|in|0}} of armor and had a roof eight inches thick.<ref name="s9" />

The main armor deck was three plates thick with a total thickness of 3 inches; over the steering gear the armor increased to {{convert|6.25|in|0}} in two plates. Beneath it was the splinter deck that ranged from {{convert|1.5|to|2|in|mm|0}} in thickness.<ref name="f5">Friedman, pp. 115, 118, 440.</ref> The boiler uptakes were protected by a conical [[mantlet]] that ranged from {{convert|9|to|15|in}} in thickness.<ref name="s9">Stillwell, p. 359.</ref> A three-inch [[torpedo bulkhead]] was placed {{convert|9|ft|6|in|1}} inboard from the ship's side and the ship was provided with a complete [[double bottom]]. Testing in mid-1914 revealed that this system could withstand {{convert|300|lb}} of [[Trinitrotoluene|TNT]].<ref name="f5" />

== Construction and trials ==
[[File:USS Arizona in New York City Crisco edit.jpg|thumb|''Arizona'' on the [[East River]], New York City (1916)]]

The [[keel]] of battleship number 39 ([[hull number]]: BB-39) was laid on the morning of 16 March 1914 with [[Assistant Secretary of the Navy]] [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]] in attendance.<ref>"[https://www.nytimes.com/1914/03/17/archives/lay-keel-of-navys-new-dreadnought-ceremony-in-brooklyn-marks.html Lay Keel of Navy's New Dreadnought]," ''The New York Times'', 17 March 1914.</ref> The builders intended to set a world-record ten months between the ship's keel-laying and [[ship naming and launching|launch]],<ref>Stillwell, pp. 3–5.</ref> for what ''The New York Times'' declared would be "the world's biggest and most powerful, both offensively and defensively, [[Super-dreadnought|superdreadnought]] {{sic}} ever constructed,"<ref>"[https://www.nytimes.com/1913/07/13/archives/two-best-warships-to-be-built-for-us-constructors-preparing-to-lay.html Two Best Warships to be Built for US]," ''The New York Times'', 13 July 1913.</ref> but the ship was only a little over half complete a year later.<ref>"[https://www.nytimes.com/1915/03/21/archives/arizona-launching-here-early-in-june-great-celebration-at-navy-yard.html Arizona Launching Here in Early June]," ''The New York Times'', 21 March 1915.</ref> She was launched on 19 June 1915, making it about fifteen months from keel-laying to launch. In the meantime, the ship was named after the newest state in the union by [[United States Secretary of the Navy|Secretary of the Navy]] [[Josephus Daniels]].<ref>"[https://www.nytimes.com/1915/06/13/archives/50000-to-witness-arizona-launching-mate-to-worlds-biggest.html 50,000 to witness Arizona launching]," ''The New York Times'', 13 June 1915.</ref>

''The New York Times'' estimated that 75,000 people attended the launch, including [[John Purroy Mitchel]], the mayor of New York City, [[George W. P. Hunt]], the [[governor of Arizona]], and many high-ranking military officials. Several warships were also nearby, including many of the new dreadnoughts which had already entered service ({{USS|Florida|BB-30|2}}, {{USS|Utah|BB-31|2}}, {{USS|Wyoming|BB-32|2}}, {{USS|Arkansas|BB-33|2}}, {{USS|New York|BB-34|2}}, and {{USS|Texas|BB-35|2}}). Esther Ross, the daughter of W. W. Ross of Prescott, Arizona, was given the honors of ship sponsor and christening.<ref name="Launch"/><ref>{{citation |url=https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/museums/nmusn/explore/photography/ships-us/ships-usn-a/uss-arizona-bb-39/19-lc-19a-5.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211120000146/https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/museums/nmusn/explore/photography/ships-us/ships-usn-a/uss-arizona-bb-39/19-lc-19a-5.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=20 November 2021 |title=19-LC-19A-5: USS Arizona (BB 39) |publisher=United States Navy |accessdate=19 November 2021}}</ref> To acknowledge a ban on alcohol recently passed by the state legislature, the state's governor decided that two bottles would be used: one full of sparkling wine from Ohio, and another filled with water from the [[Roosevelt Dam]]. After the launch, ''Arizona'' was towed to the [[Brooklyn Navy Yard]] for [[fitting-out]].<ref name="Launch">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1915/06/20/archives/arizona-afloat-as-75000-cheer-biggest-superdreadnought-is-launched.html |title=Arizona Afloat as 75,000 Cheer |work=The New York Times |date=20 June 1915}}</ref>

''Arizona'' was [[ship commissioning|commissioned]] into the Navy on 17 October 1916 with [[Captain (naval)|Captain]] [[John D. McDonald (naval officer)|John McDonald]] in command.<ref>"[https://www.nytimes.com/1916/10/18/archives/the-mighty-arizona-now-a-part-of-navy-ceremonies-at-brooklyn-yard-a.html The Mighty Arizona Now a Part of Navy]," ''The New York Times'', 18 October 1918.</ref> She departed New York on 10 November 1916 after the crew had cleaned the ship and the propulsion system had been tested at the dock.<ref>Stillwell, pp. 14–15.</ref> After [[Magnetic declination|declinating]] the ship's magnetic compasses, the ship sailed south for her [[shakedown cruise]]. Outside [[Guantanamo Bay Naval Base|Guantanamo Bay]], a stripped turbine on 7 December forced the navy to order ''Arizona'' back to New York for repairs, although she was able to enter [[Chesapeake Bay]] to test her [[main battery|main]] and secondary gun batteries on 19–20 December. The turbine could not be repaired inside the ship, so the yard workers had to cut holes in the upper decks to lift the damaged casing out. It was reinstalled after almost four months of repairs at the naval yard.<ref>Stillwell, pp. 16–21.</ref>
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== World War I ==
[[File:USS Arizona (BB-39) 1918.jpg|thumb|''Arizona'' at the New York City naval review, leading ten [[dreadnoughts]] that paraded past [[Secretary of the Navy]] [[Josephus Daniels]]]]
''Arizona'' left the yard on 3 April 1917,<ref name="DANFS">NH&HC, "''Arizona''"</ref> and three days later, the United States declared war on Germany.  Assigned to Battleship Division&nbsp;8 operating out of the [[York River (Virginia)|York River]],<ref name="DANFS" /><ref>Stillwell, pp. 21–22.</ref> ''Arizona'' was employed only as a gunnery training ship for the crewmen on armed merchant vessels crossing the Atlantic in [[convoy]]s. Shortly after the war began, eight of her 5-inch guns (the four guns farthest forward and the sternmost four guns) were removed to equip merchant ships. When the ship sailed near the wreck of the old [[USS Texas (1892)|''San Marcos'']] (ex-''Texas''), the wreck was sometimes used as a target for the 14-inch guns. ''Arizona'' rarely ventured into the ocean for fear of [[U-boat]]s, and when she did, it was only in the company of other battleships and escort ships. Four coal-fired American dreadnoughts (it was easier to obtain coal than oil in the United Kingdom) were eventually sent across the Atlantic in December 1917 as [[United States Battleship Division Nine (World War I)|Battleship Division Nine]], but ''Arizona'' was not among them. Life for ''Arizona''{{'}}s crew was not all training, as the [[Rowing (sport)|race-boat]] team from ''Arizona'' was able to win the [[Battenberg Cup]] in July 1918 by beating the team from {{USS|Nevada|BB-36|2}} by three lengths over the three-mile course.<ref>Stillwell, pp. 22–31.</ref>

The fighting ended on 11 November 1918 with [[Armistice with Germany|an armistice]]. A week later, the ship left the United States for the United Kingdom, arriving on 30 November 1918.<ref name="DANFS" /> After two weeks berthed at [[Portland Harbour|Portland Harbor]] in [[Dorset]], ''Arizona'' sailed for France.<ref>Stillwell, pp. 36–37.</ref> On 13 December 1918, ''Arizona'' joined nine battleships and twenty-eight destroyers escorting President [[Woodrow Wilson]] on the ocean liner {{SS|George Washington||2}} into [[Brest, France|Brest]] for one day on Wilson's journey to the [[Paris Peace Conference, 1919|Paris Peace Conference]].<ref>"[https://www.nytimes.com/1918/12/14/archives/fleet-met-wilson-before-daylight-presidents-ship-in-touch-with.html Fleet Met Wilson Before Daylight]," ''The New York Times'', 14 December 1918.</ref> The ten battleships departed France the next day,<ref>"[https://www.nytimes.com/1918/12/15/archives/battleship-fleet-sails-for-new-york-ten-dreadnoughts-homebound-from.html Battleship Fleet sails for New York]," ''The New York Times'', 15 December 1918.</ref> taking less than two weeks to cross the Atlantic, and arrived in New York on 26 December to parades, celebrations, and a full [[naval review]] by Secretary Daniels. ''Arizona'' was the first in line and rendered a nineteen-gun salute to Daniels. Along with many of the other members of the recently returned fleet, she was anchored off New York City for the next several weeks and open to the public.<ref>"[https://www.nytimes.com/1918/12/27/archives/ovation-to-sea-fighters-harbor-echoes-with-greetings-as-our-ships.html Ovation to Sea Fighters]," ''The New York Times'', 26 December 1918.</ref>

== Post-war and the 1920s ==
[[File:U.S.S. Arizona in lock, Panama.jpg|alt=Arizona transits the Panama Canal in 1921|thumb|''Arizona'' transits the Panama Canal in 1921.]]
''Arizona'' sailed from New York for Hampton Roads on 22 January 1919; she continued south to Guantanamo Bay on 4 February and arrived on four days later.<ref name="DANFS" /> The time in Caribbean waters was mostly used in training for battles and fleet maneuvering, although it included a liberty visit to [[Port of Spain]]. In April, ''Arizona''{{'}}s crew won the Battenberg Cup rowing competition for the second straight year before the ship was deployed to France once again to escort President Wilson back to the United States. While the ship was awaiting Wilson's departure, she was redeployed to Smyrna (now [[İzmir]]) in Turkey in response to tensions between Greece and Italy over the awarding of Smyrna to Greece in the [[Paris Peace Treaty]].<ref>Stillwell, pp. 41–43.</ref> The Greek and Italian governments had each deployed a major warship to the area ([[Greek cruiser Georgios Averof|''Georgios Averof'']] and [[Italian battleship Duilio|''Duilio'']], respectively) to enforce their interests. Shortly after ''Arizona'' arrived, Greek ground forces arrived in transports and [[Greek landing at Smyrna|were off-loaded]] in the port. The resultant chaos in the city caused many American citizens in the area to seek shelter on board ''Arizona''.<ref>Stillwell, pp. 44–45.</ref>

When the crisis abated, ''Arizona'' was ordered to Constantinople (now [[Istanbul]]) before she sailed for home on 15 June. She put into the New York Navy Yard on 30 June for an overhaul, where six 5-inch guns were removed and the fire control system was modernized. Work was completed in January 1920 and the battleship sailed south to Guantanamo Bay for crew training. During this time, ''Arizona'' was fitted with a [[Flight deck#Early|flying-off platform]] similar to the one given to ''Texas'' in March 1919. In April, ''Arizona'' lost the Battenberg Cup to ''Nevada'', and in June she was present for the [[United States Naval Academy|Naval Academy]]'s graduation ceremonies. In August she became the flagship of [[United States Battleship Division Seven|Battleship Division Seven]], although it was only later in 1920 that the battleship was refitted to be an admiral's flagship.<ref>Stillwell, pp. 45, 48, 51, 56–57.</ref>

[[File:USS Arizona (BB-39) - NH 86101.jpg|thumb|left|''Arizona'' with ship's complement (1924)]]
In company with six battleships and eighteen destroyers, ''Arizona'' was sent south again to transit the [[Panama Canal]] in January 1921. After meeting up with the Pacific Fleet, ''Arizona'' continued on to Peru for a week before the two fleets combined to practice battle maneuvers. After a short return to the Atlantic, which included an overhaul in New York, ''Arizona'', under the command of [[Jehu V. Chase]], returned to Peru in the summer before she began operating from her new home port of [[San Pedro, Los Angeles]], part of Los Angeles, where she was based until 1940.<ref name="DANFS" /><ref>Stillwell, pp. 61, 64, 66–68.</ref>

For the rest of the 1920s, ''Arizona''{{'}}s service consisted of routine training exercises. Naval historian Paul Stillwell remarked that "the Pacific years included a great deal of sameness and repetition", and his chronology of the ship's movements is filled with phrases like "torpedo-defense practice", "battle-practice rehearsal", "gunnery practice", "en route to…", and "anchored at…".<ref>Stillwell, pp. 69, 300–314.</ref> A recurring theme in these years were the annual Fleet Problems, which began in 1923 and simulated large fleet actions by having most of the active fleet face off against each other. The first two simulated an attack on the Panama Canal from the west, while in 1925 they attempted to defend the Hawaiian Islands. Other 1920s Fleet Problems included the Caribbean, near Central America, the [[West Indies]], and Hawaii. On 27 July 1923 the ship, under command of [[John Russell Young Blakely|John Y.R. Blakely]], joined President [[Warren G. Harding]]'s naval review in Seattle. Harding died just one week later, and ''Arizona'' joined the Pacific Fleet to fire a salute in his honor on 3 August.<ref name="DANFS" />

Sometime in early March 1924 a prostitute named [[Madeline Blair]] stowed away aboard ''Arizona,'' trading sex for a free voyage to San Pedro until she was discovered on 12 April while the ship was anchored in [[Balboa, Panama]]. She was sent back to New York City and Captain Percy Olmstead later convened [[courts-martial]] for 23 sailors once the ship began her refit in the [[Bremerton Navy Yard]], which imposed sentences of up to 10 years imprisonment. Admiral [[Henry A. Wiley]], commander of the [[Battle Fleet]], issued a [[letter of reprimand]] to all officers of the ship, including future Admiral and [[Chief of Naval Operations]] [[Arleigh Burke]], then an [[ensign (rank)|ensign]]. Admiral [[William V. Pratt]], then in command of the [[division (naval)|division]] to which ''Arizona'' was assigned, thought the penalties excessive, and he ordered the reprimands stricken from the officer's records when he became Chief of Naval Operations in 1930.<ref>Stillwell, pp. 74, 78–81, 303.</ref>

== Modernization ==
[[File:USS Arizona (BB-39) being modernized in 1930.jpg|thumb|''Arizona'' being modernized in Norfolk, June 1930]]
Four months after [[Fleet Problem IX]] in January 1929, ''Arizona'' was modernized at the [[Norfolk Navy Yard]].<ref name="DANFS" /> New tripod masts, surmounted by three-tiered [[Fire-control system#Naval fire control|fire-control directors]] for the main and secondary armament, replaced the old [[Hyperboloid structure|hyperboloid]] [[cage mast]]s; the number of five-inch guns was reduced to 12 and the guns repositioned one deck higher, and eight 25-caliber [[5"/25 caliber gun (United States)|five-inch]] [[anti-aircraft guns]] replaced the three-inch guns with which she had originally been equipped. These changes increased her crew to 92 officers and 1,639 enlisted men.<ref name="s60" /> The ship's main gun turrets were modified to increase the maximum elevation of their guns to 30°.<ref name=f71/> The compressed-air catapult on the quarterdeck was replaced by one that used [[black powder]].<ref>Stillwell, p. 111.</ref> Her deck armor was increased by the addition of a {{convert|1.75|in|adj=on}} thickness of [[Special Treatment Steel]], and the ship was [[anti-torpedo bulge|bulged]] to protect her from torpedoes. An additional bulkhead was added to the sides of the boiler rooms for the same purpose. At the same stroke, her own outfit of two submerged torpedo tubes was removed during this refit in light of a new appreciation that anticipated battleship engagement ranges made their future use improbable.  This alteration also permitted the large transverse flat in which the tubes had been situated to be subdivided to reduce risks of flooding in action.<ref>Stillwell.  pp. 110–111.</ref>  ''Arizona''{{'}}s machinery was almost entirely replaced; her high-pressure turbines were replaced by more powerful geared turbines from the canceled battleship {{USS|Washington|BB-47|2}}, and six new boilers replaced her originals. Their additional power offset the ship's increased displacement as demonstrated during her sea trials; ''Arizona'' made {{convert|20.7|kn}} with {{convert|35081|shp|abbr=on}} at a displacement of {{convert|37654|lt|t}}.<ref name=f71>Friedman, pp. 197, 201.</ref>

== 1930s ==
[[File:USS Arizona (BB-39) - 80-G-463589.jpg|thumb|''Arizona'' after her modernization during the 1930s]]
[[File:USS Arizona after 1931 modernization NARA 19-LC-19B-1.jpg|thumb|''Arizona'' in 1931 after her modernization]]
On 19 March 1931, even before ''Arizona'' was put through post-modernization sea trials, she hosted President [[Herbert Hoover]] for a brief vacation in the Caribbean. The President visited Puerto Rico and the [[Virgin Islands]]. Returning on 29 March, ''Arizona'' conducted her sea trials at [[Rockland, Maine]], and had another catapult fitted on the top of Turret III, before she was transferred to the [[West Coast of the United States|West Coast]] in August with her sister ''Pennsylvania''. In February 1932, the ship participated in Grand Joint Exercise No. 4 in which carrier aircraft successfully attacked [[Pearl Harbor]] on Sunday morning, 7 February. After returning to the West Coast from Fleet Problem&nbsp;XIV in 1933, the ship was anchored in San Pedro when an earthquake struck nearby [[Long Beach, California]], on 10 March. Sailors from the ship joined the relief efforts, providing food, treating the injured, and providing security from looters.<ref>Stillwell, pp. 112–120, 124, 128–129.</ref>

In early 1934, the ship and her crew were filmed for the [[James Cagney]]/Warner Brothers film ''[[Here Comes the Navy]]'', which made extensive use of exterior footage as well as on-board location shots. In the early morning of 26 July, ''Arizona'' collided with a [[fishing trawler]], ''Umatilla'', that was under tow by another trawler off [[Cape Flattery]]. Two men aboard ''Umatilla'' were killed in the collision and the Navy convened a [[Court of Inquiry (Naval)|Court of Inquiry]] to investigate the incident. The court recommended that the ship's captain, Captain [[MacGillivray Milne]], be court-martialed. This took place at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba, while the ship was participating in that year's Fleet Problem off the [[East Coast of the United States|East Coast]]. Milne was judged guilty and replaced several months later by Captain George Baum after the ship returned to the West Coast. In the meantime, [[Rear Admiral]] [[Samuel W. Bryant]] assumed command of Battleship Division Two on 4 September, with ''Arizona'' as his flagship.<ref>Stillwell, pp. 133–142, 183, 185, 321.</ref>

Rear Admiral [[George T. Pettengill]] relieved Bryant on 4 March 1935 and the ship participated in Fleet Problem XVI two months later. ''Arizona'' made a port visit to Balboa in May 1936 during Fleet Problem XVII. On 8 June, Captain [[George A. Alexander]] relieved Baum as captain, and, 15 days later, Rear Admiral [[Claude C. Bloch]] relieved Pettengill. During gunnery practice on 24 July, the combustion gases from one gun of Turret II entered the gun turret, burning one crewman. The turret's sprinkling system was turned on to prevent any powder explosion, but the released water leaked into the turret's electrical switchboard and started a small fire that was easily put out. Due to the navy's limited budget, the ship spent most of this period in port as a fuel-saving measure. In [[Fiscal Year]] 1936–37, the ship was anchored for 267 days; the following year it was in port for 255 days. The ship spent the rest of her career based on the West Coast or in Hawaii.<ref>Stillwell, pp. 190–91, 196, 322–331.</ref>
[[File:Isaac C. Kidd on Arizona.jpg|thumb|left|Captain [[Isaac C. Kidd]] on the deck of ''Arizona'', {{Circa|1939}}]]
On 2 January 1937, Rear Admiral [[John Greenslade]] assumed command of Battleship Division Two from Bloch and transferred his flag to the battleship {{USS|Maryland|BB-46|2}} on 13 April. Rear Admiral [[Manley H. Simons]], commander of Battleship Division One, transferred his flag to ''Arizona'' on 7 August. He was relieved by Rear Admiral [[Adolphus E. Watson]] on 8 November. Captain [[Alfred Winsor Brown]] relieved Baum on 11 December. The ship participated in Fleet Problem XIX off Hawaii in April–May 1938. Captain Brown died in his sleep on 7 September and Captain [[Isaac C. Kidd]] assumed command of the ship on 17 September 1938. That same day, Rear Admiral [[Chester Nimitz]] assumed command of Battleship Division One. Nimitz was relieved on 27 May 1939 by Rear Admiral [[Russell Willson]]. Captain [[Harold C. Train]] assumed command of the ship on 5 February 1940.<ref>Stillwell, pp. 324–330.</ref>

''Arizona''{{'}}s last fleet problem was off Hawaii in April–May 1940. At its conclusion, the [[United States Pacific Fleet]] was retained in Hawaiian waters, based at Pearl Harbor, to deter the Japanese.<ref>Wohlstetter, pp. 80–81</ref> She was overhauled at the [[Puget Sound Navy Yard]], [[Bremerton, Washington]], from October 1940 to January 1941. During this refit, the foundation for a [[search radar]] was added atop her foremast, her anti-aircraft directors were upgraded and a platform for four water-cooled {{convert|.50|in|adj=on|1}} caliber [[M2 Browning]] machine guns was installed at the very top of the mainmast. Her last flag change-of-command occurred on 23 January 1941, when Willson was relieved by Isaac Kidd, by that time a rear admiral.<ref>Stillwell, pp. 217, 330–331.</ref>

Captain [[Franklin Van Valkenburgh]] relieved Train on 5 February 1941.<ref>Stillwell, p. 331.</ref> On 22 October 1941, during an exercise taking place in heavy fog, the ship was hit in the bow by the {{USS|Oklahoma|BB-37|2}}. ''Arizona'' had been scheduled to depart for [[Puget Sound Naval Shipyard|Bremerton Navy Yard]] in November to undergo an overhaul. The accident instead required her to be dry-docked at Pearl Harbor for repairs to the collision damage. As a result, she remained in Hawaii.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/videolocal/the-uss-arizona-wasnt-supposed-to-be-at-pearl-harbor-but-it-became-americas-most-famous-battleship/2016/12/06/48b33a1a-bbd9-11e6-ae79-bec72d34f8c9_video.html |title=The USS Arizona wasn't supposed to be at Pearl Harbor, but it became America's most famous battleship |last=Ruane |first=Michael |date=6 December 2016 |newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=3 February 2022 }}</ref> The ship's last [[sortie]] was a night-firing exercise on the night of 4 December as part of Battleship Division One, alongside ''Nevada'' and ''Oklahoma''. All three ships moored at [[quay]]s along [[Ford Island]] on the following day.<ref name="DANFS"/> On 6 December, the [[repair ship]] {{USS|Vestal|AR-4|2}} came alongside to assist the ship's crew with minor repairs.<ref>Stillwell, p. 228.</ref>

== Attack on Pearl Harbor ==
[[File:Pearlharborcolork13513.jpg|thumb|right|''Arizona''{{'}}s forward magazines explode in a still from a film made during the Japanese attack.]]
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Shortly before 08:00 local time on 7 December 1941, Japanese aircraft from six [[aircraft carrier]]s struck the Pacific Fleet as it lay in port at Pearl Harbor, and wreaked devastation on the warships and installations defending Hawaii. On board ''Arizona'', the ship's air raid alarm went off at about 07:55, and the ship went to [[general quarters]] soon after. Shortly after 08:00, ten [[Nakajima B5N2]] "Kate" torpedo bombers,<ref>{{cite web |title=Battle of Midway, 3–6 June 1942 Composition of Japanese Naval Forces |publisher=Naval History And Heritage Command |date=14 February 2018 |url=https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/c/composition-of-japanese-forces.html |access-date=22 July 2019}}</ref> five each from the carriers {{Ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Kaga||2}} and {{Ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Hiryū||2}}, attacked ''Arizona''. All of the aircraft were carrying {{convert|41|cm|adj=on|sp=us|1}} [[Armor-piercing shot and shell|armor-piercing]] shells modified into {{convert|797|kg|adj=on}} bombs. Flying at an estimated altitude of {{convert|3000|m|sp=us}}, ''Kaga''{{'}}s aircraft bombed ''Arizona'' from amidships to stern. Soon after, ''Hiryū''{{'}}s bombers hit the bow area.<ref>Stillwell, pp. 274–276.</ref>

The aircraft scored four hits and three near-misses on and around ''Arizona''. The near-miss off the port bow is thought to have caused observers to believe that the ship had been torpedoed, although no torpedo damage has been found. The stern-most bomb ricocheted off the face of Turret IV and penetrated the deck to detonate in the captain's pantry, causing a small fire. The next forward-most hit was near the port edge of the ship, abreast the mainmast, probably detonating in the area of the anti-torpedo bulkhead. The next bomb struck near the port rear 5-inch AA gun.<ref>Stillwell, pp. 273–275.</ref>{{refn|The preliminary damage report, filed on 28 January 1942, listed seven bomb hits as well as one [[torpedo]] hit on the port bow forward. This last hit was based on a report from the captain of the repair ship ''Vestal'' moored alongside and could not be verified at the time. One bomb was thought to have gone down the stack, but this was contradicted when the ship's superstructure was salvaged in 1942 and the [[funnel (ship)|funnel cap]] was found to be intact.<ref>Reproduced in Wright, pp. 275–276.</ref>|group=Note}}

=== Magazine explosion ===
[[File:USSArizonaSinkingsimple.png|thumb|right|A basic representation of how the front magazine explosion sank ''Arizona'']]
The last bomb hit at 08:06 in the vicinity of Turret II, likely penetrating the armored deck near the magazines located in the forward section of the ship. While not enough of the ship is intact to judge the exact location, its effects are indisputable: about seven seconds after the hit, the forward magazines detonated in a cataclysmic explosion, mostly venting through the sides of the ship and destroying much of the interior structure of the forward part of the ship. This caused the forward turrets and conning tower to collapse downward some {{convert|25|-|30|ft|1}} and the foremast and funnel to collapse forward, effectively tearing the ship in two.<ref name="s78">Stillwell, pp. 277–278.</ref> The explosion touched off fierce fires that burned for two days; debris showered down on Ford Island in the vicinity. The blast from this explosion also put out fires on the repair ship ''Vestal'', which was moored alongside.<ref>Prange, pp. 513–514.</ref> The bombs and subsequent explosion killed 1,177 of the 1,512 crewmen on board at the time, approximately half of the lives lost during the attack.<ref name="DANFS" />

Two competing hypotheses have arisen about the cause of the explosion. The first is that the bomb detonated in or near the black-powder magazine used for the ship's saluting guns and catapult charges. This would have detonated first and then ignited the [[smokeless powder]] magazines which were used for the ship's main armament. A 1944 Navy [[Bureau of Ships]] report suggests that a hatch leading to the black powder magazine was left open, possibly with flammable materials stocked nearby. The [[Naval History and Heritage Command]] explained that black powder might have been stockpiled outside the armored magazine.<ref name="navalhistory">{{cite web|url=http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/events/wwii-pac/pearlhbr/ph-az.htm |title=Pearl Harbor Raid, 7 December 1941, USS Arizona during the Pearl Harbor Attack |publisher=Naval History and Heritage Command |access-date=26 August 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100901132555/http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/events/wwii-pac/pearlhbr/ph-az.htm |archive-date=1 September 2010 }}</ref> The alternative explanation is that the bomb penetrated the armored decks and detonated directly inside one of the starboard magazines for the main armament, but smokeless powder is relatively difficult to detonate. Thus the 14-inch powder bags required a black powder pad to quickly ignite the powder. The time elapsed from the bomb hit to the magazine explosion was shorter than experience suggested burning smokeless powder required to explode.<ref>Wright, pp. 60–61, 287–288</ref> It seems unlikely that a definitive answer to this question will ever be found, as the surviving physical evidence is insufficient to determine the cause of the magazine explosion.<ref name="s78" /><ref>Friedman, p. 6.</ref>

=== Awards and recognition ===
After the attack, several sailors received medals for their conduct and actions under fire. [[Lieutenant commander (United States)|Lieutenant Commander]] [[Samuel G. Fuqua]], the ship's damage control officer, earned the [[Medal of Honor]] for his cool-headedness while quelling fires and getting survivors off the wrecked battleship. Posthumous awards of the Medal of Honor also went to two high-ranking officers who were on board the battleship when it was destroyed: Rear Admiral Kidd, the first flag officer killed in the Pacific war, and Captain Van Valkenburgh, who reached the bridge and was attempting to defend his ship when the bomb that hit the onboard ammunition magazines destroyed it.<ref>Stillwell, pp. 267–268.</ref> ''Arizona'' was awarded one [[battle star]] for her service in [[World War II]].<ref name="DANFS" />

== Salvage and memorial ==
[[File:USS Arizona 2.png|thumb|right|The visible superstructure of ''Arizona'' after her sinking]]
''Arizona'' was placed "in ordinary" (declared to be temporarily out of service) at Pearl Harbor on 29 December, and was stricken from the [[Naval Vessel Register]] on 1 December 1942.<ref name="nvr" /> She was so badly damaged by the magazine explosion that she was not thought fit for service even if she could be [[marine salvage|salvaged]], unlike many of the other sunken ships nearby.<ref>Stillwell, p. 279.</ref> Her surviving superstructure was [[ship breaking|scrapped]] in 1942, and her main armament was salvaged over the next year and a half.<ref>Wright, pp. 78, 80.</ref> The aft main gun turrets were removed and reinstalled as [[United States Army]] [[Coast Artillery Corps]] Battery Arizona at Kahe Point on the west coast of [[Oahu]] and Battery Pennsylvania on the [[Mokapu Peninsula]], covering [[Kaneohe Bay]] at what is now Marine Corps Base Hawaii. Battery Pennsylvania fired its guns for the first and last time on V-J Day in August 1945 while training, while the nearby Battery Arizona was never completed.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Lewis|first=E. R.|author2=Kirchner, D. P. | year = 1992 | title = The Oahu Turrets|journal=Warship International | publisher = International Naval Research Organization|location=Toledo, Ohio|volume=XXIX|issue=2|pages=289, 299|issn=0043-0374 }}</ref> Both forward turrets were left in place, although the guns from Turret II were salvaged and later installed on ''Nevada'' in the fall of 1944 after having been straightened and relined.<ref>Wright, pp. 80, 84, 88.</ref> ''Nevada'' later fired these same guns against the Japanese islands of [[Okinawa Island|Okinawa]] and [[Iwo Jima]].<ref>{{cite DANFS | title = Nevada | url = https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/n/nevada-ii.html | access-date = 17 October 2008 }}</ref>

=== ''Arizona'' memorials ===
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It is commonly—but incorrectly—believed that ''Arizona'' remains perpetually in commission, like the {{USS|Constitution}}.<ref name=hc/> ''Arizona'' is under the control of the [[National Park Service]], but the US&nbsp;Navy still retains the title.<ref name="nvr">{{cite web | url = {{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=BB39}} | title = Arizona (BB 39) | publisher = Naval Vessel Registry|access-date=16 November 2011|date=30 August 2001 }}</ref> ''Arizona'' retains the right, in perpetuity, to fly the [[United States flag]] as if she were an active, commissioned naval vessel.<ref name=hc/>

[[File:USS Arizona Memorial (aerial view).jpg|thumb|Aerial view of the USS ''Arizona'' Memorial, showing the wreck and oil seepage from the ship's bunkers]]

The wreck of ''Arizona'' remains at Pearl Harbor to commemorate the men of her crew lost that December morning in 1941. On 7 March 1950, [[Admiral (United States)|Admiral]] [[Arthur W. Radford]], commander in chief of the Pacific Fleet at that time, instituted the raising of colors over her remains.<ref>Stillwell, p. 281.</ref> Legislation during the administrations of presidents [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] and [[John F. Kennedy]] resulted in the designation of the wreck as a national shrine in 1962. A memorial was built across the ship's sunken remains, including a shrine room listing the names of the lost crew members on a marble wall. The [[National memorial (United States)|national memorial]] was administratively listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] on 15 October 1966. The ship herself was designated a [[National Historic Landmark]] on 5 May 1989.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://npgallery.nps.gov/lizardtech/iserv/getdoc?cat=NHLS&item=/Text/89001083.djvu&DJVUOPTS&thumbnails=true | title = USS ARIZONA Wreck | publisher = National Park Service | access-date = 16 July 2011 | archive-date = 23 September 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110923153830/http://image1.nps.gov/lizardtech/iserv/getdoc?cat=NHLS&item=%2FText%2F89001083.djvu&DJVUOPTS&thumbnails=true | url-status = live }}</ref> Upon their death, survivors of the attack were able to have their ashes placed within the ship among their fallen comrades. Veterans who served aboard the ship at other times had the choice of scattering their ashes in the water above the ship.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://128.146.17.149/previous-programs/Arizona/ArizonaInterments.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402120728/http://128.146.17.149/previous-programs/Arizona/ArizonaInterments.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 April 2015 |publisher=USS Arizona Preservation Project 2004 |title=USS Arizona Interments |access-date=16 November 2011 |date=18 December 2007 }}</ref> The last survivor of ''Arizona'', [[Lou Conter]], died in April 2024 at the age of 102.<ref name="Obit">{{Cite news |last=Goldstein |first=Richard |date=2024-04-01 |title=Lou Conter, Last Survivor of the Battleship Arizona, Dies at 102 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/01/us/lou-conter-dead.html |access-date=2024-04-01 |work=The New York Times}}</ref>

While the superstructure and two of the four main gun turrets were removed, the barbette of one of the turrets remains visible above the water.<ref name=hc>{{cite web|url=https://home.nps.gov/perl/learn/historyculture/index.htm|title=History and Culture|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=16 November 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111028090907/http://www.nps.gov/valr/historyculture/index.htm|archive-date=28 October 2011}}</ref> Since her sinking, oil still leaks from the hull, with more than {{convert|2.3|USqt|L|abbr=off|sp=us}} escaping into the harbor per day.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://128.146.17.149/previous-programs/Arizona/Legacy_2.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402140417/http://128.146.17.149/previous-programs/Arizona/Legacy_2.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 April 2015 |title=Baseline Environmental Data Collection |date=18 December 2007 |publisher=USS Arizona Preservation Project 2004 |access-date=16 November 2011 }}</ref> In 2004, the US Navy and the National Park Service oversaw a comprehensive computerized mapping of the hull, being careful to honor its role as a [[war grave]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://128.146.17.149/previous-programs/Arizona/index.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402093135/http://128.146.17.149/previous-programs/Arizona/index.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 April 2015 |publisher=USS Arizona Preservation Project 2004 |title=USS Arizona Preservation Project |access-date=16 November 2011 |date=18 December 2007 }}</ref> The navy considered non-intrusive means of abating the continued leakage of oil to avoid the further environmental degradation of the harbor.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://128.146.17.149/previous-programs/Arizona/FAQ_2.htm#StillOil | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150402110701/http://128.146.17.149/previous-programs/Arizona/FAQ_2.htm#StillOil | url-status=dead | archive-date = 2 April 2015 | publisher = USS Arizona Preservation Project 2004 | title = USS Arizona Preservation Project FAQ | access-date = 16 November 2011 | date = 18 December 2007 }}</ref>

One of the original ''Arizona'' bells now hangs in the [[University of Arizona]] Student Union Memorial Center bell tower. The bell was rung after every home [[Arizona Wildcats football|football]] victory over any team except other Arizona schools.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.union.arizona.edu/traditions/scrapbook/history27-2002.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030901225044/http://www.union.arizona.edu/traditions/scrapbook/history27-2002.php |archive-date=1 September 2003 |title=U.S.S. Arizona Bell |publisher=University of Arizona |access-date=16 July 2011}}{{cbignore}}</ref> {{As of|2020}}, the bell is no longer rung due to the risk of damaging it.<ref>{{cite web | last=Brean | first=Henry | title=Worry about wear silences USS Arizona bell at UA | website=Arizona Daily Star | date=5 December 2020 | url=https://tucson.com/news/local/worry-about-wear-silences-uss-arizona-bell-at-ua/article_41b4019d-ef27-5d2d-8fd7-f736080ef9c0.html | access-date=31 July 2024}}</ref> A gun, mast, and anchor from ''Arizona'' are in [[Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza]] just east of the [[Arizona State Capitol]] complex in downtown [[Phoenix, Arizona]]. The gun's plaque states that it was not on the ship during the Pearl Harbor attack, but was being relined for mounting on the battleship ''Nevada''. It is paired with a gun from the battleship {{USS|Missouri|BB-63|2}} to represent the start and end of the Pacific War for the United States.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/11973 | title = Phoenix, Arizona – USS Arizona Anchor and Mast | date = 15 July 2011 | publisher = Roadside America.com | access-date = 16 July 2011 }}</ref> Other artifacts from the ship, such as items from the ship's [[Table setting|silver service]], are on permanent exhibit in the Arizona State Capitol Museum.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/cdm/ref/collection/acmimages/id/35 | title = Flagship of the Fleet: Life and Death of the USS Arizona | work = Current Exhibits | publisher = Arizona Capitol Museum | access-date = 22 May 2008 | url-status=dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150406034244/http://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/cdm/ref/collection/acmimages/id/35 | archive-date = 6 April 2015 }}</ref>

Every two years the Navy awards "The USS ''Arizona'' Memorial Trophy" to a ship that has achieved the highest combat readiness in Strike warfare, Surface Fire Support and Anti-Surface warfare, as determined by the Chief of Naval Operations. The {{convert|3|ft|cm|adj=mid|-tall|spell=in|sigfig=1}} bronze trophy on a black marble base was provided to the Navy by the citizens of the state of Arizona on 7 December 1987.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://doni.daps.dla.mil/Directives/03000%20Naval%20Operations%20and%20Readiness/03-500%20Training%20and%20Readiness%20Services/3590.11F.pdf |title= OPNAVINST 3590.11F – Arleigh Burke Fleet Trophy, the Marjorie Sterrett Battleship Fund Award and USS ARIZONA Memorial Trophy |date= 30 January 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160307063516/https://doni.daps.dla.mil/Directives/03000%20Naval%20Operations%20and%20Readiness/03-500%20Training%20and%20Readiness%20Services/3590.11F.pdf |archive-date= 7 March 2016 }}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[USS Arizona salvaged artifacts|USS ''Arizona'' salvaged artifacts]]
* {{USS|Texas|BB-35|6}}, the only extant WWI-era US Navy battleship remaining
* {{HMS|Royal Oak|08|6}}, another battleship sunk in harbor by a surprise attack and now a war grave

== Notes ==
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=== Footnotes ===
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=== Citations ===
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== References ==
* {{cite book |last=Breyer|first=Siegfried|title=Battleships and Battle Cruisers, 1905–1970|location=Garden City, New York|publisher=Doubleday|year=1973|oclc= 702840}}
* {{cite book|last=Campbell|first=John|title=Naval Weapons of World War II|year=1985|publisher=Naval Institute Press |location=Annapolis, Maryland |isbn= 0-87021-459-4}}
* {{cite book|last=Friedman|first=Norman|title=U.S. Battleships: An Illustrated Design History|publisher= Naval Institute Press|location=Annapolis, Maryland |year=1985|isbn= 0-87021-715-1}}
* {{cite web|url=https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/a/arizona-battleship-no-39-ii.html|title= Arizona |date=9 November 2004 | work =Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships|publisher=[[Naval History & Heritage Command]] (NH&HC) | access-date =20 November 2011}}
* {{cite book|last=Prange|first=Gordon|author-link=Gordon W. Prange|title=At Dawn We Slept: The Untold Story of Pearl Harbor|url=https://archive.org/details/atdawnwesleptun00pran|url-access=registration|publisher=McGraw-Hill|location=New York|year=1981|isbn=0-14-015734-4|oclc= 48171319}}
* {{cite book|last=Silverstone|first=Paul H.|title=Directory of the World's Capital Ships|year=1984|publisher=Hippocrene Books|location=New York|isbn=0-88254-979-0}}
* {{cite book |last=Stillwell |first=Paul |title=Battleship Arizona: An Illustrated History |publisher=Naval Institute Press |location=Annapolis, Maryland |year=1991 |isbn=0-87021-023-8}}
* {{cite book|last=Wohlstetter|first=Roberta|author-link=Roberta Wohlstetter|title=Pearl Harbor: Warning and Decision |url=https://archive.org/details/pearlharborwarni0000wohl|url-access=registration|publisher=Stanford University Press|location=Stanford, California|year=1962|oclc= 269470}}
* {{cite journal | editor-last = Wright | editor-first = Christopher C |date=Mar 2002 | title = The US Navy's Study of the Loss of the Battleship Arizona |journal = Warship International| volume = XXXIX–XL | issue = 3–4, 1 | pages = 44–105, 247–299, 360–380 | issn = 0043-0374}}

== Further reading ==
* {{cite book|last=Borneman|first=Walter R|title=Brothers Down: Pearl Harbor and the Fate of the Many Brothers Aboard the USS ''Arizona''|publisher=Little, Brown and Co|location=New York City|year=2019|isbn=978-0-316-43888-9}}
* {{cite book | last1 = Gardiner | first1 = Robert | last2 = Gray | first2 = Randal | year = 1985 | title = Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921 | publisher = Conway Maritime Press | location = London | isbn = 0-87021-907-3}}
* {{cite book|author1-link=Thomas C. Hone|author2-link=Trent Hone|last1 =Hone|first1 =Thomas C | first2 =Trent | last2 = Hone|title=Battle Line: The United States Navy 1919–1939 |publisher=Naval Institute Press|location=Annapolis, Maryland |year=2006| isbn = 1-59114-378-0 |oclc= 62324475}}
* {{cite book|last=Jones|first=Jerry W |title=U.S. Battleship Operations in World War I|publisher= Naval Institute Press|location=Annapolis, Maryland|year=1998|isbn=1-55750-411-3|oclc= 37935228}}
* {{cite book|last=Madsen|first=Daniel|title=Resurrection: Salvaging the Battle Fleet at Pearl Harbor | publisher =Naval Institute Press|location=Annapolis, Maryland|year=2003|isbn= 1-55750-488-1}}
* {{cite book|last=Raymer|first=Edward C.|title=Descent into Darkness: Pearl Harbor, 1941: A Navy Diver's Memoir |publisher=Presidio Press|location=Novato, California|year=1996|isbn= 0-89141-589-0}}
* {{cite book | last = Wallin | first = Homer N. | author-link = Homer N. Wallin | title = Pearl Harbor: Why, How, Fleet Salvage and Final Appraisal | publisher = Department of the Navy | location = Washington, D.C. | year = 1968 | isbn = 0-89875-565-4 | oclc = 51673398}}

== External links ==
{{Commons category}}
* {{navsource|01/39a|USS Arizona}}
* {{Cite web |title=USS Arizona: That Terrible Day |publisher=University of Arizona Special Collections |url=https://speccoll.library.arizona.edu/online-exhibits/exhibits/show/uss-arizona/chronology}}
* {{HAER |survey=HI-13 |id=hi0096 |title=USS ''Arizona'', Submerged off Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI |photos=5 |color=|dwgs=4 |data=2 |cap=1}}
* {{cite web |title=Peer into a Fallen Battleship at Pearl Harbor |via=YouTube |publisher=National Geographic |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zVV7AX-lfQ |date=7 December 2016}}
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