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• The first Arizona was an iron-hulled side-wheel steamer that served in the American Civil War.
• The second USS Arizona was a 3850-ton steam frigate launched in October 1865 as USS Neshamny . She was renamed twice, carrying the name Arizona for less than three months during 1869 before becoming Nevada. Under that last name she was laid up incomplete until she was scrapped in 1874.
• On March 4, 1913, Congress authorized the construction of the USS Arizona (BB-39), a Pennsylvania-class battleship. Japanese bombers sank the Arizona in the attack on Pearl HarborPearl Harbor is a complex embayment on the island of O'ahu, Hawai'i, west of Honolulu. Much of the harbor and surrounding lands is a US Navy deep water naval base: headquarters of the US Pacific Fleet. The attack on Pearl Harbor by Japan on 7 December 194 on December 7December 7 is the 341st day (342nd on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 24 days remaining. Events History 1732 The Royal Opera House opens at Covent Garden, London. 1787 Delaware becomes the first state to ratify the United Stat, 19411941 is also the title of a Steven Spielberg movie made in 1979 see 1941 (film). Events January January 6 Franklin Delano Roosevelt delivers his Four Freedoms Speech in the State of the Union Address. January 10 Lend-Lease is introduced into the United St, and there is now a USS Arizona MemorialThe USS Arizona Memorial, located at Pearl Harbor, Hawai'i, is a National Historic Landmark administered by the U. National Park Service. The monument memorializes the resting place of 1,102 sailors killed on the USS Arizona during the Attack on Pearl Har on the site.
• One of the US Air Force's fleet of B-2 SpiritB-2 Spirit Description RoleMulti-role Heavy bomber CrewTwo Dimensions Length69 ft21 m Wingspan172 ft52. 4 m Height17 ft5. 2 m Wing area> 5,000 ft²> 464. 5 m² Weights Empty~ 158,000 lb71,668 kg Loaded Maximum take-off336,500 lb152,600 kg Powerplant Engines bombers is named Spirit of Arizona.