DECEMBER 7, 1941
USS ARIZONA BB-39
BURNING AFTER HER FORWARD MAGAZINE EXPLODED
Showing posts with label MEMORIAL U.S.S. ARIZONA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label MEMORIAL U.S.S. ARIZONA. Show all posts
11.29.2011
Pearl Harbor December 7 , 1941 - 2011 70 th Anniversary
December 7, 1941
USS ARIZONA
BB-39 EXPLODING DURING THE JAPANESE ATTACK
Pearl Harbor December 7 , 1941 - 2011 70 th Anniversary
7:55 AM December 7 1941
Over three hundred aircraft of the Imperial Japanese Navy launch a pre-planned airstrike against the
US Pacific Fleet Base at Pearl Harbor.
Among the numerous vessels is the Pennsylvannia Class Battleship USS Arizona .
At 8:06 AM,
a single bomb from a Kate Class through Arizona's Deck armor and entered her magazine,
the resulting explosion tore the Arizona apart sending her to the bottom of the harbor.
Of her crew of 1400
Only 335 survived,
while 1,177 were killed .
11.15.2011
Pearl Harbor December 7 , 1941 - 2011 70 th Anniversary
USS Arizona's forward magazines explode, 7 December 1941
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