USS ARIZONA Wreck

  • Also Known As: BB-39

  • Vicinity: Off Ford Island, Pearl Harbor
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Vehicle
  • Vehicle Type: Boat

World War II shipwreck - AsNotedIn


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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1915/06/19 New York Naval Shipwrights Shipwright USS Arizona is launched. Commissioned 17 October 1916, the keel was laid down 16 March 1914.
1918/12/13 Woodrow Wilson US President On his way to the Paris Peace Conference, President Woodrow Wilson arrives in Brest, France. He sailed on the ocean liner George Washington escorted by ten battleships and twenty-eight destroyers. Treaty of Versailles
1918/12/13 Edith Wilson Confidant On his way to the Paris Peace Conference, President Woodrow Wilson arrives in Brest, France. He sailed on the ocean liner George Washington escorted by ten battleships and twenty-eight destroyers. Treaty of Versailles
1931/03/19 Herbert Hoover Visitor President Hoover begins a 12 day Caribbean cruise aboard the USS Arizona. Hoover addressed the Puerto Rican legislature in San Juan and met with the governor of the Virgin Islands before sailing on to Hampton Roads. President Hoover Takes a Caribbean Vacation
1933/03/10 Stationed in San Pedro, the USS ARIZONA provides communications, a shore party to maintain order, first aid stations, food and shelter to the survivors of the Long Beach Earthquake. 1933 Long Beach Earthquake
1934/03/00 Lloyd Bacon Director "Here Comes the Navy", a feature film starring James Cagney, is filmed on board the USS Arizona. Here Comes the Navy
1941/12/07 United States Navy Belligerent Japanese Imperial forces bomb Battleship Row Internment of Americans with Foreign Enemy Ancestry
1941/12/07 United States Navy Belligerent Japanese Imperial forces bomb Battleship Row Attack on Pearl Harbor
1941/12/07 Isaac F Kidd Died Rear Admiral Isaac C Kidd is killed in action on board USS Arizona. He is posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. Attack on Pearl Harbor

Data »

Particulars for USS ARIZONA Wreck:
Cultural Affiliation American Military
Area of Significance Architecture
Vehicle Type Boat
Owner Federal
Criteria Historic Event
Criteria Information Potential
Area of Significance Military
Level of Significance National
Historic Use Naval Facility
Criteria Person
Boat Type Ship
Disposition Shipwreck
Sight Category Vehicle
Historic Event World War II



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration:

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name:
Registry Address:
Registry Number: 89001083
Resource Type:
Owner: Federal
Architect: New York Navy Yard
Other Certification: Designated National Landmark
Nominator Name: National Historic Landmark
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: National
Area of Significance: Military, Architecture
Applicable Criteria: Event, Person, Information Potential
Criteria Consideration: Significance of less than fifty years
Cultural Affiliation: American military
Period of Significance: 1900-1924
Significant Year: 1917, 1918
Associated People: Kidd, Isaac F.,et al.
Historic Function: Defense
Historic Sub-Function: Naval facility
Current Function: Landscape
Current Sub-Function: Park

Creative Works »

WorkTypeAsNotedInCreatorNote
Here Comes the Navy Film Lloyd Bacon Earl Baldwin Portion of the film shot on the USS Arizona

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