USS Arizona Memorial

USS Arizona Memorial — page 3
But on a bright and beautiful morning in December five bombs dropped from 9,500 feet 2,895 6 meters in the air One of the bombs weighing 1,760 pounds 798 32 kilograms slammed into the deck of the USS Arizona It separated the bow from the rest of the ship and lifted the 33 thousand ton vessel out of the water The bombs created an explosion that ignited the ship’s fuel stores and gun powder In fewer than nine minutes the ship sank in an upright position It burned for three days and took the lives of 1,177 sailors The fire so hot the destruction so complete few bodies were ever recovered The ship became a watery grave 6