Salvaged artifacts from the USS ''Arizona'', a

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that was catastrophically sunk during the 1941

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, are displayed in several locations around the United States. The term "

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" refers to the process of recovering a ship, its cargo, or other property after a

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.Bartholomew, Charles, et al."U.S. Navy Salvage Engineer's Handbook". Naval Sea Systems Command, 2008 This is a list of those artifacts recovered from the shipwreck. These artifacts are on display in the Arizona State Capitol Museum, the Carl T. Hayden Veterans Administration Medical Center and in the

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, all of which are located in Phoenix. One of two salvaged bells of USS ''Arizona'' is on display in the

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Student Union Memorial Center in

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, and Glendale Veterans War Memorial in the city of

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is constructed using material from the wreck of the battleship. Also included in this list of salvaged artifacts is a piece of steel salvaged from USS ''Arizona'' on display at the USS ''South Dakota'' Memorial in Sioux Falls,

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. Another piece of steel from ''Arizona'' is housed at the Veterans Memorial Museum in Laurel,

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USS ''Arizona''

List of salvaged artifacts

Arizona State Capitol Museum

The first floor of the

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Museum is home to a 500-pound superstructure piece of ''Arizona'', the U.S. flag that flew on the ship when it sank, and pieces of the vessel's silver service.

Carl T. Hayden VA Medical Center

A small piece of the ship's superstructure is on display in the second floor of the Carl T. Hayden VA (Veterans Administration) Hospital located at 650 E. Indian School Road in Phoenix. There is a plaque which reads:

Glendale Veterans Memorial

The Glendale Veterans Memorial, also known as the Glendale USS ''Arizona'' Memorial, is located at 5959 West Brown Street in Glendale, Arizona. The City of Glendale acquired historical artifacts that were salvaged from ''Arizona'' in Pearl Harbor. The rusted metal pieces are from a portion of the potato locker in the ship's galley. The steel rings were cut from the USS ''Arizona'' Memorial flagpole.

University of Arizona Student Union Memorial Center

The University of Arizona Student Union Memorial Center houses one of the original bells used in ''Arizona''. The 1,820-pound bell is one of two salvaged from USS ''Arizona'' and is housed in the "bell tower". The bell is rung after every home

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victory. The other bell is on display in the USS ''Arizona'' Memorial in Pearl Harbor. The University of Arizona Student Union Memorial Center is located at 1303 E University Blvd in Tucson. The bell is also rung by every Naval and USMC officer as they commission through The University of Arizona NROTC Unit.

Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza

is the home of the

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and the restored gun barrel of ''Arizona''. The USS ''Arizona'' Signal Mast Committee purchased the upper of signal mast of ''Arizona'' and transported it to Arizona and had it erected in Wesley Bolin Plaza. It was dedicated and donated to the state of Arizona on December 7, 1990. The anchor was salvaged from ''Arizona'' after she was sunk by the Japanese in Pearl Harbor. The restored gun barrel is one of two gun barrels on display; the other is a 16-inch gun barrel from . The gun barrel measures long and weighs 70 tons. It was previously on ''Arizona'', but was in the relining process in the continental United States at the time of Pearl Harbor. The gun barrel served on during World War II. It was officially placed on display at the plaza on December 7, 2013. The other restored gun barrel belonged to .Phoenix, Arizona: USS ''Arizona'' Anchor and Mast
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USS ''South Dakota'' Memorial

A salvaged piece of steel from USS ''Arizona'' is on display at the Memorial in

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