#USS Arizona (BB 39)

[lonestarbattleship]

USS ARIZONA (BB-39) leads USS NEVADA (BB-36) in rough seas.

Date: May 1932

source, source, source

[carbone14]

Le cuirassé USS Arizona (BB-39) sur la rivière Hudson devant la jetée 96 pendant une revue navale – New York City – 26 décembre 1918

Photographe : Paul Thompson

©National Archives and Records Administration - 533700

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Launching the USS Arizona (BB-39), 19 June 1915.

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SIG Sauer GmbH & Co.KG - SIG 1911 USS Arizona BB-39

[soberscientistlife]

Sunken USS Arizona (BB-39) at Pearl Harbor

[snika67-v2]

Aerial view of the hull of the U.S. Navy battleship USS Arizona (BB-39) taken during the 1950s prior to the construction of the USS Arizona Memorial.

[bignaz8]

USS Arizona (BB-39), at sea, 1934.

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

"67 MINUTES OF CULT, PUTRID, PUNISHING SLUDGE/DOOM" -- AND THEN I REMEMBERED TODAY'S DATE.

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on new sleeve art to the vinyl repress of "Turbulent Times: Unreleased and Out-of-Print Material," a compilation album by American sludge metal/DOOM metal band, GRIEF, released by Throne Records in summer 2023.

BAND: GRIEF (US)

TITLE: Turbulent Times

CAT. #: TR116

RELEASE DATE: June, 2023

FORMAT: Vinyl 2xLP (180g)

RUNNING TIME: 67 minutes

FILE UNDER: Sludge metal/DOOM metal

OVERVIEW: "A collection of unreleased and out-of-print material.

Compiles the following very-hard-to-find limited vinyl releases:

Split 7” w/ DYSTOPIA (1993)

Split 7” w/ 13 (1993)

Split 7” w/ -(16)- (1995)

Split 10” w/ SOILENT GREEN (1995)

Split 7” w/ SUPRESSION (1995)

Split 7” w/ CORRUPTED (1996)

Split 10” w/ SOILENT GREEN (1997) Plus unreleased and re-mixed tracks.

67 minutes of cult, putrid, punishing sludge/DOOM."

-- THRONE RECORDS, c. June 2023

PIC #2: The USS Arizona (BB-39) burning after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941. The supporting structure of the forward tripod mast has collapsed after the forward magazine exploded. The USS Arizona (BB-39) burning after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941. The ship now rests on the harbor bottom.

Source: https://thronerecords.bigcartel.com/product/grief-turbulent-times-vinyl-2lp-black-ltd-200 & Wikimedia.

[nebris]

Cassin Young (March 6, 1894 – November 13, 1942) was a captain in the United States Navy who received the Medal of Honor for his heroism during the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Biography

Young was born in Washington, D.C., on March 6, 1894. At the age of two he moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where his father operated a drug store.[1] After graduation from the U.S. Naval Academy on June 3, 1916, he served on the battleship USS Connecticut (BB-18) into 1919. He attended submarine school in 1919 and then spent several years in subs. During that period, he served on the USS R-22 (SS-99) and USS R-3 (SS-80). In 1921, he and his family returned from Panama and he assisted in outfitting the USS S-51. In January 1922, he served in Naval Communications on the staff of Commander Submarine Divisions, Battle Fleet, and at the Naval Academy.

During 1931 to 1933, Lieutenant Commander Young served on the battleship USS New York (BB-34). He was subsequently awarded command of the destroyer USS Evans (DD-78) and was assigned to the Eleventh Naval District from 1935 to 1937. After promotion to the rank of Commander, he commanded Submarine Division Seven and was stationed at Naval Submarine Base New London, in Groton, Connecticut.

When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, he was commanding officer of the repair ship USS Vestal (AR-4), which was badly damaged by Japanese bombs and the explosion of the battleship USS Arizona (BB-39). Commander Young rapidly organized offensive action, personally taking charge of one of Vestal's anti-aircraft guns. When Arizona's forward magazine exploded, the blast blew Young overboard. Although stunned, he was determined to save his ship by getting her away from the blazing Arizona. Swimming through burning oil back to Vestal, which was already damaged and about to be further damaged, Young got her underway and beached her, thus ensuring her later salvage. His heroism was recognized with the Medal of Honor.

Promoted to Captain in February 1942, he took command of the heavy cruiser USS San Francisco (CA-38) on November 9, 1942.[2] On November 13, 1942, during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, he guided his ship in action with a superior Japanese force and was killed by enemy shells while closely engaging the battleship Hiei. Captain Young was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for his actions during the campaign and San Francisco received the Presidential Unit Citation.

[lonestarbattleship]

The crew of USS ARIZONA (BB-39) enjoying some liberty.

NARA: 80-G-651633

Colorized by Steven Walker: link

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USS Arizona (BB-39)

Displacement - 29,158 long tons

Speed - 39 km/h

4 × triple 14 in (356 mm) guns

22 × single 5 in (127 mm) guns

4 × single 3 in (76 mm) AA guns

2 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes

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Cuirassé USS Arizona (BB-39) lors de ses essais en mer – East River – New York City – mi 1916

Photographe : Enrique Muller, Jr

©U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command – Photo NH94785

©Colorisation par Irootoku Jr

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USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) approaches the USS Arizona (BB-39) Memorial and the battleship USS Missouri (BB-63) as she enters Pearl Harbor. U.S. Navy Photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Carol Warden.

[navalguy06]

USS Arizona, BB-39 1930s

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Carl Alfred Weeden-born on 14 April 1916 in Trinidad, Colo.-grew up in Colorado and was appointed a midshipman at the Naval Academy on 22 June 1936. He graduated from the Naval Academy in June 1940 and reported for duty on USS Arizona (BB 39) on 9 June 1940. Ensign Weeden spent his entire but brief naval career in Arizona. He was killed during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, which sank Arizona at the outset. Ensign Weeden was awarded the Purple Heart Medal posthumously. This was my second cousin,Carl Weeden, a Naval Officer from Annapolis. He died on the U.S.S. Arizona at Pearl Harbor. The Navy named a Buckley-class destroyer escort after him. It's all on wiki  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Weeden_%28DE-797%29 #PearlHarbor #neverforget #honorandremember #landofthefreebecauseofthebrave  #americanflag  #PearlHarborDay  #Carlweeden #USSWeeden  #forevergrateful #hero  #ADayThatWillLiveInInfamy #WWII  #AwakenASleepingGiant  #december7th #history  #starsandstripes  #americanhistory  #learnfromthepast  #america #american  #patriots  #theultimatesacrifice (at Black Forest, Colorado) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cl3-9E9O0cE/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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A gathering of “Warbirds”....

                  ....75 years later….

                       ....where World War II began....

                            ....and World War II ended....

PEARL HARBOR, HAWAII (August 10, 2020) -- United States Navy amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) arrived here with an unusual collection of aircraft -- 14 vintage World War II airplanes.

Instead of a flight deck normally crowded with 21st century F-35B Lightning II fighter jets and helicopters....the warship was on a unique mission to bring a group of historic military aircraft known as the "Warbirds" across the Eastern Pacific Ocean from California to Hawaii....

....for a series of aerial parades upcoming in late August and early September 2020 commemorating the end of World War II in the Pacific theatre, exactly 75 years earlier, in 1945.

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“Salute Their Service, Honor Their Hope” is the theme of the commemoration in recognition of the WWII veterans and civilians who contributed to the end of the war....

....at the place where WWII began for the United States with the devastating Imperial Japanese Navy attack on the American Fleet moored at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

The Imperial Japanese Navy destroys the American Fleet at Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941....including the deadly (nearly 1,200 American Sailors died onboard) sinking of battleship USS Arizona (BB 39).

The fourteen historic airplanes are scheduled to conduct a series of flyovers around the island of Oahu, including Honolulu, on August 29 and 30, 2020....

....and in conjunction with the September 2, 2020 ceremony in Pearl Harbor aboard the Battleship Missouri Memorial....where the war was officially ended 75 years earlier aboard USS Missouri (BB 63) while moored in Tokyo Bay, September 2, 1945.

The Japanese formally surrender to the United States and Allied Forces aboard battleship USS Missouri (BB 63) September 2, 1945.

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From top to bottom, the color photos at the top of this post:

>>Note: CLICK the photos for a closer look at some of these amazing aircraft....

#1, #2, #3 - USS Essex (LHD 2) arrives in Pearl Harbor with an historic cargo on her flight deck. Photos: Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kenneth Rodriguez Santiago, USN

#4 - A Grumman F8F Bearcat carrier-based fighter and North American Aviation P-51 Mustang fighter-bomber aboard USS Essex (LHD 2). Photo: Taigh Ramey, WWII vintage aircraft historian

#5, #6 - A North American B-25 Mitchell bomber (the same type of aircraft used for the daring Doolittle raid on Tokyo in 1942) is offloaded from USS Essex (LHD 2) onto the pier in Pearl Harbor. (Note the distinctive USS Arizona (BB 39) Memorial in the background, lower/center....just beneath the aircraft engine in photo #6.) Photos: Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jessica O. Blackwell, USN

#7, #8 - North American T-6 Texan advanced trainers offloaded from USS Essex (LHD 2)....and ready to head for the adjacent airfield. Photos: Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jessica O. Blackwell, USN

#9 - A P-51 Mustang is lifted aboard USS Essex (LHD 2) in San Diego in late July for the ocean crossing to Hawaii. Photo: Taigh Ramey

#10 - A Consolidated Catalina PBY “flying boat” goes aboard USS Essex (LHD 2) in San Diego. Photo: Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Wesley Richardson, USN