The battleship BB-39 USS Arizona, class Pennsylvania,
was built in 1916 and weighed 31,400 tonnes.
At 608 feet long and 97.1 feet wide, she needed a crew of 1,516.
As
she rested on her mooring, a 1,760-pound bomb stabbed through
her forward magazines igniting more than a million pounds of gunpowder.
A sailor aboard the neighbouring USS. Nevada watched the battleship
jump "at least 15 or 20 feet into the air and sort of break
in two."
As
she rested on her mooring, a 1,760-pound bomb stabbed through
her forward magazines igniting more than a million pounds of gunpowder.
A sailor aboard the neighbouring USS. Nevada watched the battleship
jump "at least 15 or 20 feet into the air and sort of break
in two."
