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Heavy knit, long sleeved blue Navy football sweater with orange football patch with AZ.

First flag flown on USS Arizona, after the attack on Pearl Harbor. The flying of the flag over the sunken Arizona began on March 7, 1950.

Pennant of William Watkins, crew member of the Arizona from 1931-1938. He was working on the USS North Carolina during the Pearl Harbor attack.

Leatherbound photo album of crew member William Watkins with depiction of a battlegroup of warships at sea.

US Navy boarding book from one of its first crew members.

Scrapbook, cover is inscribed "Logalbum USN USS Arizona." with a ship's wheel with orange and blue image of USS Arizona.

Pen and pencil set issued by US Navy in black pebble-finished leather pocket case. Pens are topped with USN crest and case is decorated with USN crest in gold.

Fragment from a Japanese torpedo bomber (Nakajima B5N2 Kate) shot down over Pearl Harbor by USS Curtis.

A number of objects retrieved from the wreck of the Arizona. They are: halyard snaps (left and bottom) used to attach flags to a halyard line. second from left is an spent shell casing of a .50 caliber antiaircraft bullet; second from right is a .50…

Two pieces of metal from Japanese airplanes shot down during the attack on Pearl Harbor.

A piece of shrapnel from bed of Ford Island, removed 12/7/41.

Piece of shrapnel, American

Piece of armor piercing projectile, tungsten, nickel and steel, probably Japanese.

Time fuse from a 5" antiaircraft projectile retrieved from Pearl Harbor.

Closeups of pieces of shrapnel pulled out of the harbor, these are kept in a case in the Student Memorial exhibit.

Steel ring wheel of Japanese plane shot down by USS Honolulu, 12/7/41.
This is a pulley wheel of the type used to adjust control surfaces (elevators, ailerons, rudder, flaps) via cables running from the cockpit.

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…

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

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

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