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159 viewsThe forward half of the ship is engulfed in flames that shoot hundreds of feet into the air. The heat is so intense that the only remains of Rear Admiral Isaac C. Kidd, the Commander of Battleship Division One is his Naval Academy class ring, welded to the steel deck of the armored conning tower. These color shots were taken from a rare color motion picture shot by an Army Doctor visiting the Solace (AH-5).
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92 viewsCommissioning ceremonies on the Arizona (BB-39) on 17 October 1916.
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100 viewsNH 57665: USS Arizona (BB 39)
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101 views80-G-1021538 Pearl Harbor Attack. The burned-out, sunken wreck of USS Arizona (BB-39) ..
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107 viewsUSS Arizona (BB-39) sunk and burning furiously, 7 December 1941. Her forward magazines had exploded when she was hit by a Japanese bomb. At left, men on the stern of USS Tennessee (BB-43) are playing fire hoses on the water to force burning oil away from their ship Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
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136 viewsThe forward magazines of USS Arizona (BB-39) explode after she was hit by a Japanese bomb, 7 December 1941. Frame clipped from a color motion picture taken from on board USS Solace (AH-5). Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National
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Launch on 19 June 1915. Esther Ross, the daughter of an Arizona pioneer family, was given the honors of ship sponsor and christening.154 views
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16 March 1914 photo of the keel being laid for the Arizona (BB-39).106 views
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102 viewsArizona (BB-39) leading Nevada (BB-36) and the Tennessee (BB-43) and a New Mexico class battleship underway.
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