USS Arizona was a Standard-type battleship built for the United States Navy in the mid-1910s. Named in honor of the 48th state, she was the second and last ship in the Pennsylvania class. After being
Arizona during the 1920s
Arizona's launch, 19 June 1915
Arizona on the East River, New York City (1916)
Arizona at the New York City naval review, leading ten dreadnoughts that paraded past Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels
Louis Anthony Conter was an American naval officer who was a lieutenant commander and naval aviator in the United States Navy. At the time of his death, he was the last living survivor of the sinking
USS Arizona
…Veterans who served aboard the ship at other times had the choice of scattering their ashes in the water above the ship. The last survivor of Arizona, Lou Conter, died in April 2024 at the age of 102. While the superstructure and two of the four main gun turrets were removed, the barbette of one of the turrets…
Then QM2-Conter, c. 1941–42
The Arizona during the 1930s.
The Arizona's forward magazines explode in a still from a film made during the Japanese attack.
The Arizona burning after the Japanese attack