USS Arizona (Battleship #39) BB-39

Hull Number:
Battleship #39
BB-39 (July 17, 1920)
Type:
Battleship
Class:
Pennsylvania
Number In Class:
2
Sister Ships:
Pennsylvania BB-38
Builder:
New York Naval Shipyard
Brooklyn, New York
Keel Laid Down:
March 16, 1914
Launched:
June 19, 1915
Christened By:
Miss Esther Ross
Commissioned:
Oct. 17, 1916
Decommissioned:
Dec. 29, 1941
Stricken:
Dec. 1, 1942
Disposition:
Dec. 7, 1941 Sunk by Japanese aircraft at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
1,177 of the crew were killed, 334 survived

The wreck is still located where it sank

May 30, 1962 Dedicated as a war memorial

Listed as National Historic site #6600094

Current Location:
1 Arizona Memorial Place
Honolulu, HI 96818-3145
Crew:
1,732
Dimensions
Length:
608' (185.3m)
Beam:
97'1" (29.5m)
Draft:
33' (10.5m)
Displacement:
32,600
37,654
Armament
Type
1916
1917
1921
1931
1941
14"/45
12
12
12
12
12
5"/51
22
14
-
-
-
5"/25AA
-
-
-
8
18
3"/50AA
-
4
8
-
-
Torpedo Tubes
21" Submerged
2
2
2
-
-
Service Timeline

World War 1
Used for gunnery training and coastal patrol
After the war returned 238 troops from Brest, France

World War 2
Sunk Dec. 7, 1941 at Pearl Harbor

*Three men on the Arizona were awarded the Medal of Honor

Lt. Commander Samuel Glenn Fuqua (later Rear Admiral)

Captain Franklin B. Van Valkenburgh (Posthumously)

Rear Admiral Issac Campbell Kidd (Posthumously)

Combat Victories
None
Commanders
Oct. 17, 1916
Feb. 18, 1918
John D. McDonald
Feb. 18, 1918
Sept. 11, 1918
Josiah S. McKean
Sept. 11, 1918
June 26, 1920
John H. Dayton
June 26, 1920
June 11, 1921
William W. Phelps
June 11, 1921
Dec. 24, 1921
Jehu V. Chase
Dec. 24, 1921
July 27, 1922
George R. Marvell
July 27, 1922
Nov. 29, 1923
John R. Y. Blakely
Nov. 29, 1923
June 27, 1925
Percy N. Olmstead
June 27, 1925
May 24, 1927
Harlan P. Perrill
May 24, 1927
June 27, 1928
William T. Tarrant
June 27, 1928
Sept. 4, 1928
Victor A. Kimberly
Sept. 4, 1928
Apr. 29, 1930
Ward K. Wortman
Apr. 29, 1930
Sept. 20, 1930
Thaddeus A. Thomson
Sept. 20, 1930
June 20, 1932
Charles S. Freeman
June 20, 1932
Sept. 30, 1933
Charles S. Kerrick
Sept. 30, 1933
Dec. 10, 1934
Macgillivary Milne
Dec. 10, 1934
June 8, 1936
George M. Baum
June 8, 1936
Dec. 11, 1937
George A. Alexander
Dec. 11, 1937
Sept. 7, 1938
Alfred W. Brown
Sept. 7, 1938
Sept. 17, 1938
Wallace B. Phillips
Sept. 17, 1938
Feb. 3, 1940
Isaac C. Kidd (killed Dec. 7, 1941 on Arizona)
Feb. 3, 1940
Feb. 5, 1941
Ellis H. Geiselman
Feb. 5, 1941
Dec. 7, 1941
Franklin B. Van Valkenburgh (killed Dec. 7, 1941 on Arizona)
Casualties
December 7, 1941
1,177 men died in the Japanese air attack at Pearl Harbor
List
Notable Visitors
Jan. 22, 1921 President Augusto Bernardino Leguía y Salcedo of Peru (at Callo, Peru)

March 19, 1931 President Herbert Hoover embarked and sailed to Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
arriving back at Hampton Roads, VA. on March 29, 1931
Awards
Received 1 battle star for World War 2

* Pearl Harbor *


Builder's Data
Page published Jan. 7, 2007