U.S.S. Arizona

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GLC#
GLC09547.07-View header record
Type
Images
Date
07 December 1941
Title
U.S.S. Arizona
Place Written
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
Pagination
1 photograph : b&w Height: 25.2 cm, Width: 20.5 cm
Primary time period
Great Depression and World War II, 1929-1945
Sub-Era
World War II

Taken during attack in 1941 and printed and released in 1942 for the one-year anniversary.
From Naval HIstory and Heritage's online catalog: "The forward superstructure and midships gun positions of the sunken USS Arizona (BB-39), afire after the Japanese raid, 7 December 1941. At right are the ship's mainmast and boat cranes, which were beyond the areas wrecked by the explosion of her forward magazines."

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