USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -He served on the battleship USS Nevada. Richard’s job was to “jump the burners, ” which meant that he had to heat the oil before it could be used in the ship’s engine. Richard was stationed on the Nevadawhen the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on Dec.

Detailed explanation-2: -That experience left her damaged and radioactive, and she was formally decommissioned in August 1946. After two years of inactivity, USS Nevada was towed to sea off the Hawaiian islands and sunk by gunfire and torpedos.

Detailed explanation-3: -USS Nevada (BB-36), eldest (by a few months) of the battleships in Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, was hit by one torpedo during the last part of the Japanese torpedo planes’ attack.

Detailed explanation-4: -USS Arizona, in full United States Ship (USS) Arizona, U.S. battleship that sank during the Japanese attack on the naval base at Pearl Harbor, Oahu island, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941. More than 1, 170 crewmen were killed.

Detailed explanation-5: -It took four and a half days to sink the U.S.S. Nevada. The 575-foot-long battleship, painted bright orange from its earlier role as a nuclear test target, was towed out of Pearl Harbor to sea, where a classified explosive was detonated in its hull.