The USS Arizona had a long life before it was sunk by the Japanese at Pearl Harbor. Here, artifacts, photos, facts and memorabilia about Arizona's most famous ship.

The Arizona quickly sunk with 1,177 of the 1,512 personnel on board, which was about half the number of people killed in the entire attack. The battleship burned for more than two days.

The barrel was on the Arizona from 1925 to 1938. It was removed for the relining and sent to Dahlgren for testing. It was installed on the battleship Nevada in 1942, probably as part of the ship ...