WORLD WAR II 1941 1945
THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR
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Question
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what bomb destroyed the U.S.S. Arizona
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type 98 land bomb
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type 91 torpedo
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type 99 anti-ship bomb
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -It was a Type 91 bomb that destroyed the Arizona, but that was its only capital ship fatality from the Type 91 bomb.
Detailed explanation-2: -Forward magazines explode on USS Arizona (BB-39), after she was struck by a Japanese armor-piercing bomb.
Detailed explanation-3: -On 7 December 1941, the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, and Arizona was hit by several air-dropped armor-piercing bombs.
Detailed explanation-4: -Famously, the battleship USS Arizona (BB-39) was only in combat for minutes before a Japanese armor-piercing bomb struck the ship’s forward magazine, causing an explosion that devastated the “super-dreadnought” and killed 1, 177 officers and crewmen.
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