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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: 80-G-32485

Pearl Harbor Attack, 7 December 1941


USS Arizona (BB-39) sunk and burning after the Japanese attack, 7 December 1941. Her forward magazines had exploded when she was hit by a Japanese bomb, resulting in the collapse of structure below her two forward turrets and superstructure.
The tug Hoga (YT-146) is alongside, fighting fires on board the wrecked battleship.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

Online Image: 79KB; 740 x 620 pixels

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12 September 2000