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BB-33 USS ARKANSAS
1944 - 1945

Radio Call Sign: November - Alpha - Charlie - Tango
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Wyoming Class Battleship: Displacement 26,000 Tons, Dimensions, 562' (oa) x 93' 3" x 29' 7" (Max). Armament 12 x 12"/50, 21 x 5"/51, 2 x 21" tt. Armor, 11" Belt, 12" Turrets, 3" Decks, 11 1/2" Conning Tower. Machinery, 28,000 SHP; Direct Drive Turbines, 4 screws. Speed, 20.5 Knots, Crew 1063.

Operational and Building Data: Laid down by New York, Shipbuilding, Camden, NJ., January 25, 1910. Launched January 14, 1911. Commissioned September 17, 1912. Decommissioned July 29, 1946. Stricken August 15, 1946.
Fate: Sunk July 25, 1946, During Atomic Bomb Test "Baker" at Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands.
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BB-33 Arkansas 76k Arkansas (BB-33), in March 1944 wearing Measure 22 camoflauge. Courtesy of Joe Radigan from the Imperial War Museum, photo # A21867.
BB-33 Arkansas 114k Underway off the U.S. east coast, 11 April 1944. Photographed from a blimp of squadron ZP-11. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, # 80-G-229753, now in the collections of the National Archives.
BB-33 Arkansas 30k "Opening the Attack", a watercolor, by Dwight C. Shepler, June 1944. Day morning broke over the Normandy coast to find the elderly Arkansas (BB-33), matriarch of the battle fleet, conscientiously banging away at the beachhead with her main battery guns. To seaward, the French cruisers George Leygues and Montcalm, flying extremely large battle flags, sent shells hurtling into their captive homeland. Assault waves of landing craft streamed toward the beaches while attack transports filled the horizon. This was the way the "Arkie" was seen through binoculars from the bridge of Emmons (DD-457) at a bombardment station farther inshore. Dwight C. Shepler
#149 Watercolor, June 1944.
National Archives # 88-199-EW.
BB-33 Arkansas 96kNormandy Invasion, June 1944. Arkansas (BB-33) fires her 12-inch guns at German positions, while supporting the Omaha Beach landings, 6 June 1944. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, # 80-G-231250, now in the collections of the National Archives.
BB-33 Arkansas 173k American battleship Arkansas (BB-33) firing its big guns while shelling the beaches of Normandy during the Allied invasion of France, aka D-Day. Photographer: Frank Scherschel, courtesy of time.com. via / images.google.com & Life.
BB-33 Arkansas 29k On board Arkansas (BB-33) ready for action not far off Omaha Beach, June 44, the message reads loud and clear! Photo & text from the collection of STRICTLY-G.I., courtesy of users.skynet.be.
BB-33 Arkansas 114k Drawing prepared by the Bureau of Ships for a camouflage scheme Measure 31a, Design 7B intended for the battleship Arkansas (BB-33). This plan, approved by Captain Torvald A. Solberg, USN, is dated 11 October 1944. It shows the ship's starboard side, exposed decks and the superstructure ends. Arkansas was photographed in this pattern in November 1944. Photograph # 19-N-73635, from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.
BB-33 Arkansas 94k Drawing prepared by the Bureau of Ships for a camouflage scheme Measure 31a, Design 7B intended for the battleship Arkansas (BB-33). This plan, approved by Captain Torvald A. Solberg, USN, is dated 11 October 1944. It shows the ship's port side. Arkansas was photographed in this pattern in November 1944. Photograph # 19-N-73634, from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.
BB-33 Arkansas 47k Arkansas (BB-33) off the Boston Navy Yard, Massachusetts, 5 November 1944. She is painted in camouflage Measure 31a, Design 7B. Photograph # 19-N-74310, from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.
BB-33 Arkansas 86k Arkansas (BB-33) anchored at San Pedro wearing measure 21 camouflage. Photo of the ship after her final wartime refit on Jan. 1, 1945. The bridge was cut down and 40 and 20mm guns were added at that time for improved anti-aircraft defense. USN photo.
BB-33 Arkansas 83k Anchored in San Pedro harbor, California, on 1 January 1945. A tanker and a Navy attack transport (APA) are in the background. USNHC photo # 19-N-77075.
BB-33 Arkansas 100k A line drawing by A.L. Raven of the Arkansas (BB-33) in 1945. Photo and text courtesy of U.S. Battleships: An Illustrated Design History by Norman Friedman.
BB-33 Arkansas 67k Arkansas (BB-33) inboard profile, 1945. Photo and text courtesy of U.S. Battleships: An Illustrated Design History by Norman Friedman.
BB-33 Arkansas 127k Captain Wade DeWeese was the commanding officer of the battleship Arkansas (BB-33) in 1945. USN photograph courtesy of Bill Gonyo. Photo added 08/15/09.
Additional Arkansas Images
1 General View Of Arkansas From The Library Of Congress Server.
USS ARKANSAS BB-33 History
View This Vessels DANFS History Entry
(Located On The Hazegray & Underway Web Site, This Is The Main Archive For The DANFS Online Project.)
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
Contact Name: Mr. John R Meyer
Address: None Listed
Phone: 630-968-4991
E-mail: None

Note About Contacts.

The contact listed, Was the contact at the time for this ship when located. If another person now is the contact, E-mail me and I will update this entry. These contacts are compiled from various sources over a long period of time and may or may not be correct. Every effort has been made to list the newest contact if more than one contact was found.
Additional Resources
Hazegray & Underway Battleship Pages By Andrew Toppan.
U.S.S. ARKANSAS-Bikini Able and Baker Test Underwater Images.
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