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title: USS Arizona Ablaze, Pearl Harbor
author: US Navy
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21913/uss-arizona-ablaze-pearl-harbor/
format: machine-readable-alternate
updated: 2026-07-20
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# USS Arizona Ablaze, Pearl Harbor
_Authored by US Navy_
## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/21913.jpg)
## Image Caption
USS Arizona ablaze at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, photograph by the US Navy, 07 December 1941.
Following the aerial bomb and torpedo attack by the Japanese, the wreckage of the USS Arizona is burning and pouring smoke.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
## Cite This Work
### APA
Navy, U. (2026, July 20). USS Arizona Ablaze, Pearl Harbor. *World History Encyclopedia*.
### Chicago
Navy, US. "USS Arizona Ablaze, Pearl Harbor." *World History Encyclopedia*, July 20, 2026. .
### MLA
Navy, US. "USS Arizona Ablaze, Pearl Harbor." *World History Encyclopedia*, 20 Jul 2026, .
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