American battleship USS Arizona launched according to the Dutch newspaper Bataviaasch nieuwsblad dated 22 June 1915

An item dated New York, USA 21 June reported the launching of the American battleship USS Arizona at Brooklyn. She was about world largest battleship with 12-14” guns and building costs 3.250.000 pound sterling.(1)

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1. Part of the Pennsylvania-class consisting of the Pennsylvania and Arizona, preceded by the Nevada-class and succeeded by the New Mexico-class. To be built under the 1913 fiscal year was a design asked with 4x3-14” guns, 22-12,7cm/5” guns and a speed of 21 knots and an armour comparable with that of the Nevada-class. At least 10 preliminary designs were proposed of which the 7th was chosen and further worked out. Building ordered on 4 March 1913, laid down at the Brooklyn Navy Yard on 16 March 1914, launched on 19 June 1915, commissioned on 17 October 1916, modernized at the New York Navy Yard in 1929-1931, including replacing her turbines, sunk during the Japanese aircraft on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 7 December 1941, decommissioned on 20 December 1941 and stricken on 1 December 1942. Her wreck is still visible. Building costs 16.000.000 US dollars.