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 | 87k | ABSD-3 at Guam, Marianas Islands & the Pennsylvania (BB-38) docked in ABSD-3 after the end of World War II. Note the white boxes on the barge, these are coffins that contain the remains of Pennsylvania crew members killed during the Kamikaze attack on her at Okinawa, 12 August 1945. The island at upper left was built between the two drydocks, ABSD-3 and ABSD-6. (ABSD-6 is to the left of the picture.) The island was built for supplies and Enlisted and Officers Clubs, movie theater, etc. | US Navy photo courtesy of Homer N. Rich Jr. MM3/c USS ABSD-3. | |
 | 87k | ABSD-3 crew photo. In the background is the battleship Pennsylvania (BB-38) in the dock. | US Navy photo courtesy of Homer N. Rich Jr. MM3/c USS ABSD-3. | |
 | 212k | Pennsylvania (BB-38) Plan view from Foremast of Main Deck, looking Fwd.,being stripped for the Bikini nuclear test. Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, 1 March 1946. | U.S. Navy Photograph and text courtesy of Pieter Bakels. | |
 | 190k | Looking aft from centerline to starboard from foremast. Note the removed MK.50 Director and GFCS MK57 in addition to the 40mm Quads. Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, 1 March 1946. | U.S. Navy Photograph and text courtesy of Pieter Bakels. | |
 | 291k | Pennsylvania (BB-38) looking Fwd. from Spot 2. Note that two of her four portside 5-Inch 38-caliber mounts have been removed. Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, 1 March, 1946. | U.S. Navy Photograph and text courtesy of Pieter Bakels. | |
 | 279k | Pennsylvania (BB-38) looking Fwd. Centerline to Stbd. Camera approximately 3' above MK.34 Director Top. Note the missing 5in.mounts. Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, 1 March, 1946. | U.S. Navy Photograph and text courtesy of Pieter Bakels. | |
 | 212k | Looking aft Centerline to port from foremast. Camera approximately 3' above Top of Main Battery Control. Note SP radar atop her Main Mast. Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, 1 March, 1946. | U.S. Navy Photograph and text courtesy of Pieter Bakels. | |
 | 195k | Plan view, looking aft from Director. Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. 1 March 1946. | U.S. Navy Photograph and text courtesy of Pieter Bakels. | |
 | 179k | 15 March 1946 photo showing the ship leaving Puget Sound, Washington heading for the Bikini Atoll. She has been partially stripped for the test as evidenced by the missing portside 5" gun mounts. She is still leaking from the 12 August 1945 Japanese torpedo hit, only repaired enough to make her seaworthy to sail. | USN photo. | |
 | 231k | Starboard broadside photo dated 18 March 1946 showing the ship leaving Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Washington heading for the Bikini Atoll. | Bureau of Ships photo # BS 113975 courtesy of David Buell. | |
 | 65k | At sea, just prior to the first Bikini Atom Bomb Test on 15 June 1946. | NARA # NA-G-627428, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. | |
 | 172k | 1946 Crew photo. | Kory Vaught | |
 | 137k | June, 1946 photo of the Pennsylvania (BB-38) anchored in Bikini Atoll prior to the "Crossroads" nuclear tests. Other test ships can be seen in the background and of particular interest is the hull markings at the bow indicating how much water she is drawing. By the height of the markings, it is obvious that the Navy wasn't sure what would happen to the ship during the blast. | USN photo. | |
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45k | The Arkansas (BB-33) is in the left hand corner of this photo with other test ships at the Bikini Bomb Test, 1946. I believe the New York (BB-34) is in the center, and the Pennsylvania (BB-38) is to her immeadiate right. |
Courtesy of submarinesailor.com. | |
 | 81k | Bikini Bomb Test, 1946. New York (BB-34) is in the center & Pennsylvania (BB-38) is to the right. | USN Photo courtesy of Pieter Bakels. Photo added 02/27/08. | |
 | 43k | A Watercolor by the artist Arthur Beaumont entitled "Pennsylvania (BB-38)". She survived both atomic tests at Crossroads, a fitting testament to a battleship that had been at Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. Although suffering only minor fire damage, she was heavily contaminated and was scuttled off Kwajalein in 1948. | Arthur Beaumont #11 Watercolor, 1946. Gift of the artist. NHC #88-169-K, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. | |
 | 81k | 10 February 1948 photo of the Pennsylvania (BB-38) being scuttled off Kwajalein after being subjected to both "Crossroads" atomic blasts. She was towed to Kwajalein after the explosions and studied there. Too "hot" to handle, she was simply towed to sea and scuttled at the conclusion of the radiation studies. | NARA # NA-80-G-705027. | |
 | 57k | Final moments of the Pennsylvania (BB-38) as she is expended as a target and scuttled off Hawaii on 10 February 1948. A tough ship; she survived both Bikini nuclear tests. | NARA # NA-80-G-705028. | |
 | 108k | Final moments of the Pennsylvania (BB-38) as she is expended as a target and scuttled off Hawaii on 10 February 1948. A tough ship; she survived both Bikini nuclear tests. | USN photo. | |
 | 70k | The Bell of the Pennsylvania (BB-38) on display at Erie Maritime Museum in Erie, PA. | Courtesy of Pete Donatucci. | |
 | 376k | A guest studies a painting depicting the history of battleships. The artwork was painted by George Skybeck and presented to the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association during their annual banquet at Honolulu, Hawaii, on 8 Dec 1991. | USN photo # DN-SC-92-05391, by PHC Carolyn Harris, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. | |
 | 243k | Everett Hyland, one of the remaining Pearl Harbor survivors who served aboard the battleship Pennsylvania (BB-38), reflects a moment aboard the Arizona Memorial just before a flag raising ceremony on 7 December 2003. Sailors from Naval Medical Clinic Pearl Harbor planned and participated in the ceremony, where a flag was flown over the Arizona Memorial and then sent to Somerset County, Pennsylvania, where it will be flown regularly above the future Flight 93 Memorial, commemorating those who perished in the United Airlines Flight 93 on 11 September 2001. | USN photo # N-7391W-044 by Journalist 2nd Class Jim Williams courtesy of news.navy.mil. | |
 | 371k | A quote made by Fleet Adm. Chester W. Nimitz is inscribed on a granite wall at the National World War II Memorial located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Fleet Adm. Nimitz was the United States signatory to the surrender terms aboard the battleship Missouri (BB-63) in Tokyo Bay, Japan on 2 Sept. 1945, thus ending World War II. Established by the American Battle Monuments Commission, the memorial honors all military veterans of World War II, the citizens on the home front, the nation at large, and the high moral purpose and idealism that motivated the nation's call to arms. On 29 May 2004, the memorial will be formally dedicated with an estimated 200,000 people expected to attend, and includes 100,000 visiting veterans of all wars. | U.S. Navy photo # N-0295M-011 by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Daniel J. McLain, courtesy of news.navy.mil. | |
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