USS ARIZONA (BB-39): Battleship Row at Sea; Firing Exercises; John Albert Paiva, USAAC

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USS ARIZONA (BB-39) Admiral Isaac Kidd Commanding:

ARIZONA was sunk in harbor by Nakajima B5N2 "Kate" Jap Bombers

Name: Arizona
Namesake: US State of Arizona
Ordered: 04 March 1913
Builder: Brooklyn Navy Yard, NY
Cost: $16,000,000
Laid down: 16 March 1914
Launched: 19 June 1915
Commissioned: 17 October 1916
Decommissioned: 29 December 1941[2]
Struck: 1 December 1942[2]
Identification: Hull number: BB-39
Fate: Sunk during the Attack on Pearl Harbor, 07 December 1941
Status: Memorial Sunken Battleship

General Characteristics
Class and type: Pennsylvania-Class Battleship
Displacement:

29,158 long tons (29,626 t) (standard)
31,917 long tons (32,429 t) (deep load)

Length: 608 ft (185.3 m)
Beam: 97 ft (29.6 m)
Draft: 29 ft 3 in (8.9 m) (deep load)
Installed power: 12 water-tube boilers; 29,366 shp (21,898 kW) (on sea trials)
Propulsion: 4 shafts; 4 sets of steam turbines
Speed: 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph)
Range: 8,000 nmi (15,000 km; 9,200 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement: 2290
Armament:

4 × triple 14 in (356 mm) guns
22 × single 5 in (127 mm) guns
4 × single 3 in (76 mm) AA guns
2 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes

Armor:

Belt: 13.5–8 in (343–203 mm)
Bulkheads: 13–8 in (330–203 mm)
Barbettes: 13 in (330 mm)
Turrets: 18 in (457 mm)
Decks: 5 in (127 mm)
Conning tower: 16–14 in (406–356 mm)

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS:
http://pearl-harbor.com/arizona/specifications.html

IN THE DANGER ZONE:
John Albert Paiva:
USAAC Warrant Officer Pilot Training Program
Flying on 07 December 1941
Returned safely to nearly destroyed Wheeler Field
Statement upon returning: "...what the hell's going on..??!!"