WORLD WAR II 1941 1945
THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR
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USS Arizona
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USS Utah
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USS Oklahoma
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USS Chicago
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Detailed explanation-1: -At about 8 a.m., Japanese planes filled the sky over Pearl Harbor. Bombs and bullets rained onto the vessels moored below. At 8:10, a 1, 800-pound bomb smashed through the deck of the battleship USS Arizona and landed in her forward ammunition magazine. The ship exploded and sank with more than 1, 000 men trapped inside.
Detailed explanation-2: -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.
Detailed explanation-3: -Though devastating as it was the US Navy only permanently lost 2 ships in the attack on Pearl Harbor, the USS Arizona, and the USS Oklahoma.
Detailed explanation-4: -The attack killed 2, 403 U.S. personnel, including 68 civilians, and destroyed or damaged 19 U.S. Navy ships, including 8 battleships. The three aircraft carriers of the U.S. Pacific Fleet were out to sea on maneuvers.
Detailed explanation-5: -Of the 2, 341 service members that died on Dec. 7, 1941, almost half died on the USS Arizona, a total of 1, 177.