From the February 14, 2023, KTAR News. "5 things you should know about Arizona as it celebrates 111 years of statehood."
USS ARIZONA
Almost half the casualties suffered at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, occurred in the USS Arizona. The battleship took four direct hits from Japanese bombers. The last bomb ignited stored gunpowder. When it blew up, the ship split into two and sank.
It became the final resting place for 1,777 officers and crewmen.
The USS Arizona was commissioned in 1916, but had been ordered to be built in 1913, a little over a year from when its namesake state was admitted to the Union.
The ship did not see action in World War I, but was eventually stationed in Hawaii in April 1940 as war with Japan became a real possibility. It had been in drydock for repairs shortly before the attack.
Fuel still leaks from the wreckage, spilling into the harbor from the memorial site built over the ship.
The Tears of the Arizona. --GreGen
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