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Blue hard knit sweater from USS Arizona's rowing team. The square-serif A seems like a forerunner of University of Arizona's logo!
Many skills acquired in the Navy naturally lead to competitions between the men and between the crews of different…

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An exquisitely painted and detailed 1/350 scale model of the Arizona in its final configuration.

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Memento picture frame of crossed oars and live preserver, it includes a photograph of a sailor in uniform.

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Plank from quarter-deck of USS Arizona. Inscribed "Waidelich Jesse R was aboard 4-10-1927 4-12-1934".

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Spent shell casing from a Bofors Mark 3 40mm antiaircraft gun, most likely chromed as they were usually made from brass. This has been polished to a mirror finish.

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Spent shell casing from a Bofors Mark 3 40mm antiaircraft gun, chromed and polished with a well executed image of a pin-up girl engraved upon it.

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Spent shell casing from a 40mm Bofors Mark 3 antiaircraft gun with female figure engraved on it.

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Pair of candlesticks made from one of the USS Arizona's main teak wood drive shafts when they were replaced. They were made by the donor.

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Lamp made from an expended 37mm shell, decorated with .30 caliber bullets and featuring .45 caliber bullets as feet and a spent .45 cartridge as a weight on the pull chain.

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This ash tray is made from the nose of a projectile shell, about 3" (76mm) and .30 caliber rifle bullets with .45 caliber bullets as the feet.

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Handmade photo frame, made from .45, 30 and .50 caliber bullets. The photo shows William Watkins with his Donald Barley, who died in a car accident in Seattle in 1934.

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American Heritage China Battleship USS Arizona Last Cruise Commemorative Plate with stand with reproduction of painting by Edward Ries.

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Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal, this was awarded to all survivors and victims of the attack on Pearl Harbor as well all members of the US military in the Pacific theater of operations.

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E medal awarded to the crew of the Arizona in 1924 for efficiency in navigation (as measured by the amount of fuel used in getting from port to port). The Arizona herself was decorated with a red "E" on her smokestack at this time.

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Small dance card worn as a pendant around the neck. It consists of a rectangular medallion with the Arizona in its original cage-mast configuration with the title "U.S.S. Arizona 1923." Also attached are two pieces of paper listing dance steps of the…

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Information plate describing voltage tolerances from a radio on board a Japanese midget submarine sunk in Pearl Harbor during the Pearl Harbor attack. An exceedingly rare battlefield relic.

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Pendant given out to official guests at the christening of the Arizona.

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Three brass names plates that were affixed to the Arizona's gangplank while it was homeported at San Pedro (Long Beach) 1921-1940.

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Booklet commemorating the USS Arizona crossing the Equator in 1936. This event, called a "line crossing" was cause for a wild a colorful ritual where those who had never made the crossing were given an initiation ceremony. This nautical themed…

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Fragment of USS Arizona's turret #3, removed on the 20th anniversary of its destruction. It is encased in Lucite which has yellowed over the decades.
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