USS Arizona: Difference between revisions

One of the original ''Arizona'' bells now hangs in the [[University of Arizona]] Student Union Memorial Center bell tower. The bell is rung after every home [[Arizona Wildcats football|football]] victory, over any team except other Arizona schools.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.union.arizona.edu/traditions/scrapbook/history27-2002.php | title = U.S.S. Arizona Bell| publisher = University of Arizona | access-date = 16 July 2011 }}</ref> A gun, mast, and anchor from ''Arizona'' are in [[Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza]] just east of the [[Arizona State Capitol]] complex in downtown [[Phoenix, Arizona]]. The gun's plaque states that it was not on the ship during the Pearl Harbor attack, but was being relined for mounting on the battleship ''Nevada''. It is paired with a gun from the battleship {{USS|Missouri|BB-63|2}} to represent the start and end of the Pacific War for the United States.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/11973 | title = Phoenix, Arizona – USS Arizona Anchor and Mast | date = 15 July 2011 | publisher = Roadside America.com | access-date = 16 July 2011 }}</ref> Other artifacts from the ship, such as items from the ship's [[Table setting|silver service]], are on permanent exhibit in the Arizona State Capitol Museum.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/cdm/ref/collection/acmimages/id/35 | title = Flagship of the Fleet: Life and Death of the USS Arizona | work = Current Exhibits | publisher = Arizona Capitol Museum | access-date = 22 May 2008 | url-status=dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150406034244/http://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/cdm/ref/collection/acmimages/id/35 | archive-date = 6 April 2015 | df = dmy-all }}</ref>

 

 

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