U.S.S. Arizona

USS Arizona (BB-39) was the second and last of the Pennsylvania class of "super-dreadnought" battleships constructed for the United States Navy in the mid-1910s.

Named in respect of the 48th state's recent admittance into the union and commissioned in 1916, the ship remained stateside during World War I. Shortly after the conclusion of the war, Arizona was one of a multitude of American ships that briefly escorted President Woodrow Wilson to the Paris Peace Conference.

Several years later, she was transferred to the Pacific Fleet and remained there for the rest of her career.

On 7 December 1941, Arizona was strike by Japanese torpedo bombers that dropped armor-penetrating bombs during the assault on Pearl Harbor.

After one of their bombs detonated in a magazine, she exploded violently and sank

Unlike many of the other ships sunk or damaged that day, Arizona was irreparably damaged by the might of the magazine detonation, though the Navy removed parts of the ship for reuse.

The shipwreck still lies at the bottom of Pearl Harbor underneath the USS Arizona Memorial.