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On December 7, 1941, shortly after 8:00 a.m., 10 Japanese Nakajima B5N2 “Kate” torpedo bombers attacked the USS Arizona. From an altitude of 10,000 feet, four bombs were dropped on the ship. The first three bombs did minor damage, starting small fires on the decks below.

USS Arizona (BB-39) was moored inboard of the repair ship Vestal (AR-4) when the Japanese struck Pearl Harbor. Early reports claimed that she had been hit by one torpedo in the first part of the...

On 7 December 1941, the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, and Arizona was hit by several air-dropped armor-piercing bombs. One detonated an explosive-filled magazine, sinking the battleship and killing 1,177 of its officers and crewmen.

Dec 7, 2023 · The U.S. National Archives released original footage from the Dec. 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor to YouTube, showing an explosion aboard the USS Arizona, which sank. Read an eyewitness account of the tragedy from Radioman Second Class Art Montagne, recounting exploding battleships, and men swimming for survival.

Oct 3, 2024 · What You Need to Know: The USS Arizona, a Pennsylvania-class battleship commissioned in 1916, is most famously remembered for its tragic sinking during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on...

Dec 4, 2014 · For two hours and 25 minutes on Dec. 7, 1941, the men of the Arizona went about their business aboard a fearsome battleship moored in a cramped naval port on the southern coastline of Oahu....

Dec 5, 2024 · USS Arizona, U.S. battleship that sank during the Japanese attack on the naval base at Pearl Harbor, Oahu island, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941. More than 1,170 crewmen were killed. The Arizona is commemorated by a concrete memorial that spans the wreckage.

Shortly before the ship's magazine explosion, two five-plane groups of high-level bombers targeted the Arizona and dropped a total of ten 1,756-pound (No. 80) armor-piercing bombs. The U.S. Navy's Bureau of Ships put forward two hypothetical possibilities for the magazine explosion in …

Oct 3, 2024 · On the morning of December 7, 1941, the battleship USS Arizona (BB-39) was moored in Pearl Harbor, HI, along with other ships of the Pacific fleet, when they were targeted in a surprise attack by Japanese military aircraft.