From 2002, a US Navy photo of the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) rendering honors to the USS Arizona Memorial. The battleship USS Missouri (BB-63) is moored behind the location of the Arizona, which was sunk on 7-December, 1941, in the surprise attack by Japanese naval and air forces on the navy base at Pearl Harbor and the adjacent air base, Hickam Field.

model of USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor

Navy photo of a model of the USS Arizona Memorial, showing the sunken wreck of the battleship.

night view of the USS Arizona Memorial

Night view of the USS Arizona Memorial.

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