USS Arizona (BB-39)

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USS Arizona (BB-39) was a Pennsylvania-class U.S. Navy battleship whose catastrophic destruction and loss of life during the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor made it one of the most iconic symbols of the United States’ entry into World War II.

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Label Occurrences
USS Arizona (BB-39) canonical 7
USS Arizona 4
sinking of USS Arizona 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Pennsylvania-class battleship
United States Navy ship
battleship
armament 12 × 14-inch/45 caliber guns
22 × 5-inch/51 caliber guns (as built)
anti-aircraft guns (later refits)
assignedTo U.S. Pacific Fleet
associatedEvent National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
attackedBy Imperial Japanese Navy
Japanese carrier-based aircraft
builder Port of New York and New Jersey
surface form: New York Navy Yard
causeOfSinking Japanese aerial attack
commissioned 1916-10-17
constructionCost approximately $16 million (1910s dollars)
country United States of America
crewKilled 1,177 (commonly cited figure)
over 1,170
dateOfSinking 1941-12-07
decommissioned 1941-12-29
displacement approximately 31,400 long tons (standard)
fate sunk during the attack on Pearl Harbor
homePort Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (late 1930s–1941)
hullNumber BB-39
laidDown 1914-03-16
launched 1915-06-19
length 608 feet
locationOfWreck Battleship Row, Pearl Harbor
memorializedBy USS Arizona Memorial
memorialLocation Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii, United States
surface form: Pearl Harbor National Memorial, Hawaii
namedAfter U.S. state of Arizona
notableEvent catastrophic magazine explosion during Pearl Harbor attack
oilLeakNickname Black tears of the Arizona
operator United States Navy
pennantNumber BB-39
placeOfSinking Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii, United States
surface form: Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Territory of Hawaii
propulsion steam turbines
refit modernization in 1929–1931
registry United States Naval Vessel Register (stricken after sinking)
serviceConflict interwar period U.S. fleet operations
serviceEntryConflict World War I era
shipClass USS Pennsylvania (BB-38)
surface form: Pennsylvania class
sisterShip USS Pennsylvania (BB-38)
sponsor Esther Ross
status sunken wreck
war grave
symbolOf attack on Pearl Harbor
surface form: United States entry into World War II

sacrifice of U.S. service members at Pearl Harbor
visitedBy millions of visitors annually (via USS Arizona Memorial)

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attack on Pearl Harbor shipsSunkOrTotalLoss USS Arizona (BB-39)
Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii, United States historicalEvent USS Arizona (BB-39)
subject surface form: Pearl Harbor
this entity surface form: sinking of USS Arizona
USS Arizona Memorial commemorates USS Arizona (BB-39)
this entity surface form: USS Arizona
BB-39 designates USS Arizona (BB-39)
this entity surface form: USS Arizona
USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) sisterShip USS Arizona (BB-39)
Battleship Row, Pearl Harbor hasShipMooring USS Arizona (BB-39)
Brooklyn Navy Yard builtShip USS Arizona (BB-39)
Pennsylvania-class battleship consistsOf USS Arizona (BB-39)
Alfred Preis associatedWith USS Arizona (BB-39)
this entity surface form: USS Arizona
Esther Ross sponsorOf USS Arizona (BB-39)
Pearl Harbor (interwar and early WWII) associatedWithShip USS Arizona (BB-39)
this entity surface form: USS Arizona
New York Naval Shipyard builtShip USS Arizona (BB-39)