In the Second Book of Shmuel (Samuel), 22nd chapter, 5th through the 19th verses, translated from the original in Hebrew and published by the Koren Publishers of Jerusalem, Israel, can perhaps aptly describe the fate of the crew and all other U.S.sailors who died defending their county:
"When the waves of death compassed me / the floods of ungodly men made me afraid; / the bonds of She'ol encircled me; / the snares of death took me by surprise; / in my distress I called upon the Lord, / and cried to my G-D: / and he heard my voice out of his temple, / and my cry entered into his ears. / Then the earth shook and trembled; /the foundations of heaven moved / and shook because of his anger /...the heavy mass of waters, and thick clouds of the skies /... And the channels of the sea appeared, / the foundations of the world were laid bare, / at the rebuking of the Lord, at the blast at the breath of his nostrils. / He sent from above, he took me; / he drew me out of many waters; / he delivered me from my strong enemy, and from those who hated me; for they were too strong for me. / They surprised me in the day of my calamity: / but the Lord was my stay..."
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 | 39k | Arizona (BB-39) at Norfolk Navy Yard on 2 March 1931. Newly modernized, she is complete except for 0.50 caliber machine guns which would later occupy platforms on each mast and a catapult which has not been mounted atop #3 turret. Both boat cranes have been lengthened to serve the catapult. | USN photo courtesy Pieter Bakels. Photo added 05/01/08. | |
 | 466k | Arizona (BB-39) at Norfolk Navy Yard on 2 March 1931. | Official U.S. Navy Photograph, courtesy of Pieter Bakels. | |
 | 1.6m | Arizona (BB-39) after her reconstruction on 2 March 1931 with a new enclosed bridge structure. Note the 5-inch guns that have been added along her deck. | USN photo courtesy Pieter Bakels. Serial # 143-01. Photo added 05/01/08. | |
 | 34k | Stern view of the Arizona (BB-39) on 2 March 1931, newly modernized. During her reconstruction, tripods have replaced the old cage masts. Atop the tripods were mounted three level fire control towers. The bottom level controlled the secondary battery while the upper two levels controlled and spotted for the main battery. The funnel mounted searchlights proved unsatisfactory, so the lights were later moved to platforms on the masts. | USN photo contributed by Mike Green, courtesy of Leeward Publications. | |
 | 30k | A 5-inch anti-aircraft gun. One of the anti-aircraft guns mounted on the superstructure deck during the ship's modernization. | USN photo. | |
 | 1.3m | Underway with President Herbert Hoover on board, March 1931. The Presidential Flag is flying from her mainmast peak. Note the early type quarterdeck aircraft crane. | USN photo courtesy Pieter Bakels. Photo added 05/01/08. | |
 | 191k | The ship's company posed with Presedent Hoover during his cruise on board the Arizona (BB-39), March 1931. The President is seated at the front center. | USN photo. | |
 | 51k | President Herbert Hoover along with Secretary of Navy Adams and Admiral Hughes aboard the Arizona (BB-39), March 1931. | USN / USNI photo. | |
 | 39k | President Hoover walking on the quarterdeck. The guns of turret 4 are visible to the right of the photograph. Two of the ship's aircraft are visible behind him, as is the pole crane fitted at the stern during the modernization (it was in place until 1934, when it was upgraded). | USN photo. | |
 | 67k | Arizona (BB-39) underway in the 1930's with three floatplanes appearing on her fantail and rear turrets. | USN / USNI photo. | |
 | 85k | Underway, view from port side, 1932. Pitching in heavy seas. | Official U.S. Navy Photograph, USNHC # 80-G-463589, now in the collections of the National Archives. | |
 | 65k | Underway during the 1930s. | Official U.S. Navy Photograph, USNHC # NH 57665, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. | |
 | 59k | Steaming at sea during the 1930s, with her main battery 14"/45 guns trained to port. | Official U.S. Navy Photograph, USNHC # NH 57663, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. | |
 | 703k | Arizona (BB-39) in 1930's, maneuvering at sea astern of Tennessee (BB-43) and Texas (BB-35) (in lead). | USN photo courtesy Pieter Bakels. Photo added 05/01/08. | |
 | 43k | Arizona (BB-39) leading Nevada (BB-36) and the Tennessee (BB-43) and a New Mexico class battleship underway. | USN photo from the Atlas Editions. Submitted by Eric W. Dahlstrom. | |
 | 72k | 1935, Long Beach California. | Paul Ayers / & copy The Inman Co. Long Beach CA. | |
 | 1.6m | Steaming away from the photographer, the Arizona (BB-39) and other ships of the Battle Force, the primary US embodiment of sea power in the mid 1930's. | USN photo courtesy Pieter Bakels. Photo added 05/01/08. | |
 | 160k | The main mast is obscured by smoke in this mid 1930s photo. Like Oklahoma (BB-37), she was modified extensivley prior to WW II, completing a Puget Sound refit in June 1941. Her antiaircraft directors and range finders were consolidated and enclosed. Foundations for the 1.1-inch guns were installed (but not the guns themselves). The directors would have been installed on the emergency cabin level (below the signal bridge), above where the 5-inch directors are shown in this photo. Fixed splinter shields were installed, and the flag bridge was extended. Machine gun platforms were installed on the maintop (4 guns) and on the foremast (2 guns), for a total of eight 0.50-calibere machine guns. | USN photo. Partial text courtesy of U.S. Battleships: An Illustrated Design History by Norman Friedman. | |
 | 118k | Oil on canvas painting by the artist James Flood entitled "Arizona 1936." This picture depicts the Arizona and other ships in Pearl Harbor. | Photo and partial text courtesy of oldgloryprints.com. | |
 | 25k | This photgraph, taken in 1936, shows the forward superstructure. The heavily armored conning tower can be identified by the narrow vision slits. Just above it the ship's bridge is visible. The long "beam" on the platform above the bridge is the range finder, used to aim the ship's main guns. The structures at the top of the tripod mast are stations for controlling the ship's guns. The Arizona (BB-39) is passing under the partially completed Golden Gate Bridge. | USN photo. | |
 | 29k | In later years both Pennsylvania (BB-38) and the Arizona (BB-39) carried aircraft launching rails at the stern and on one of the turrets. | USN photo. | |
 | 56k | Sept. 1936 image showing Arizona (BB-39) in her final configuration. Note the walkway around her pilot house, which distinguished her from Pennsylvania (BB-38). Antiaircraft range finders are visible on her range finder platform with 5-inch directors at the emergency cabin level (that is, the level below the navigating bridge) one of them is visiible against the after leg of the tripod formast in a Puget Sound refit completed in March 1939, the funnel searchlight were relocated to the mainmast machine gun platform, their own platform being taken over by a pair of 0.50-calibere machine guns. | USN photo. Text courtesy of U.S. Battleships: An Illustrated Design History by Norman Friedman. | |
USS Arizona BB-39 History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information
Contact Name: Ruth Campbell
Address: PO Box 14435 Tucson, AZ, 85732-4435
Phone: 520-529-7494
E-mail: rcmpbll@comcast.net
Note About Contacts.
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Additional Resources
Hazegray & Underway Battleship Pages By Andrew Toppan.
U.S.S. Arizona (BB-39) Web Site at the University Of Arizona
U.S.S. Arizona (BB-39)Facts by Lorraine E. Marks (Haislip)
Home of the Heros, U.S.S. Arizona
HyperWar Pacific Theater of Operations.
Pearl Harbor Attack: Commander Battle Force Action Report Naval Historical Center
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