Salvaged artifacts from the USS Arizona, a battleship that was catastrophically sunk during the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, are displayed in several locations around the United States.
The term "marine salvage" refers to the process of recovering a ship, its cargo, or other property after a shipwreck.Bartholomew, Charles, et al."U.S. Navy Salvage Engineer's Handbook". Naval Sea Systems Command, 2008 This is a list of those artifacts recovered from the shipwreck. These artifacts are on display in the Arizona State Capitol Museum, the Carl T. Hayden Veterans Administration Medical Center and in the Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza, all of which are located in Phoenix. One of two salvaged bells of USS Arizona is on display in the University of Arizona Student Union Memorial Center in Tucson, and Glendale Veterans War Memorial in the city of Glendale, Arizona is constructed using material from the wreck of the battleship.
Also included in this list of salvaged artifacts is a piece of steel salvaged from USS Arizona on display at the USS South Dakota Memorial in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Another piece of steel from Arizona is housed at the Veterans Memorial Museum in Laurel, Mississippi.
USS Arizona
List of salvaged artifacts
Arizona State Capitol Museum The first floor of the Arizona State Capitol Museum is home to a 500-pound superstructure piece of Arizona and the U.S. flag that flew on the ship when it sank.Did you know – USS Arizona?Arizona Republic
Artifact ImageLocation Summary USS Arizona superstructure Arizona State Capitol Museum, 1700 West Washington Street, PhoenixParts of the ship's superstructure USS Arizona Flag Arizona State Capitol MuseumU.S. flag that flew on the battleship when it sank
Carl T. Hayden VA Medical Center A small piece of the ship's superstructure is on display in the second floor of the Carl T. Hayden VA (Veterans Administration) Hospital located at 650 E. Indian School Road in Phoenix. There is a plaque which reads: Artifact ImageLocation Summary USS Arizona Ship SuperstructureCarl T. Hayden VA Hospital, 650 E. Indian School Road, Phoenix, ArizonaThe metal piece artifact is on the 2nd floor of the hospital.
Glendale Veterans Memorial The Glendale Veterans Memorial, also known as the Glendale USS Arizona Memorial, is located at 5959 West Brown Street in Glendale, Arizona. The City of Glendale acquired historical artifacts that were salvaged from Arizona in Pearl Harbor. The rusted metal pieces are from a portion of the potato locker in the ship's galley. The steel rings were cut from the USS Arizona Memorial flagpole. Artifact ImageLocation Summary Monument made from the Arizona potato locker. 5959 West Brown Street in Glendale, Arizona. Rusted metal pieces from a potato locker in the ship's galley.The steel rings were cut from the ship's mast Monument made from the potato locker of the ship The Glendale Veteran's Memorial in Glendale, Arizona. A different view of the rusted metal pieces from a portion of the potato locker in the ship's galley
University of Arizona Student Union Memorial Center The University of Arizona Student Union Memorial Center houses one of the original bells used in Arizona. The 1,820-pound bell is one of two salvaged from USS Arizona and is housed in the "bell tower". The bell was rung after every home football victory, except for games played against other Arizona schools. , the bell is no longer rung due to the risk of damaging it.
The other bell is on display in the USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor.
Artifact ImageLocation Summary USS Arizona bell. University of Arizona Student Union Memorial Center, 1303 E University Blvd in Tucson, Arizona.One of two bells salvaged from the USS Arizona
Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza is the home of the mast, anchor and the restored gun barrel of Arizona.
The USS Arizona Signal Mast Committee purchased the upper of signal mast of Arizona and transported it to Arizona and had it erected in Wesley Bolin Plaza. It was dedicated and donated to the state of Arizona on December 7, 1990. The anchor was salvaged from Arizona after she was sunk by the Japanese in Pearl Harbor. The restored gun barrel is one of two gun barrels on display; the other is a 16-inch gun barrel from . The gun barrel measures long and weighs 70 tons. It was previously on Arizona, but was in the relining process in the continental United States at the time of Pearl Harbor. The gun barrel served on during World War II. It was officially placed on display at the plaza on December 7, 2013. The other restored gun barrel belonged to .Phoenix, Arizona: USS Arizona Anchor and Mast
Artifact ImageLocation Summary USS Arizona Signal Mast Wesley Bolin Memorial PlazaUpper 26 foot of the signal mast erected in Wesley Bolin Plaza USS Arizona Anchor Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza Restored 19,585-pound anchor USS Arizona Gun Barrel Wesley Bolin Memorial PlazaRestored gun barrel from the USS Arizona Breech of USS Arizona Gun Barrel Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza Breech of the restored gun barrel
USS South Dakota Memorial
A salvaged piece of steel from USS Arizona is on display at the Memorial in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Artifact ImageLocation Summary1Steel from USS ArizonaUSS South Dakota Memorial Sioux Falls, South DakotaPiece of steel salvaged from the USS Arizona
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