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Battleship Row : ウィキペディア英語版 | Battleship Row
Battleship Row was the grouping of eight U.S. battleships in port at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, when the Japanese attacked on 7 December 1941.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Pearl Harbor Raid, 7 December 1941 "Battleship Row" during the Pearl Harbor Attack )〕 These ships bore the brunt of the Japanese assault. They were moored next to Ford Island when the attack commenced. The ships were , , , , , , , and . A repair ship (former coal ship), , was also present, moored next to ''Arizona''.〔 == Attack ==
''Arizona'', ''California'', ''Oklahoma'', and ''West Virginia'' were sunk during the attack. ''Arizona'' suffered the most serious damage and loss of life, an explosion in a forward magazine breaking the hull in two. Of the other four, only ''Nevada'' had serious damage.〔 ''Pennsylvania'' was in dry dock, making attack difficult, and as a result was relatively undamaged. ''Vestal'' was also damaged. Battleship Row was not visible from Hickam Field because of the thick black smoke. Following the attack, operations immediately commenced to refloat and repair the damaged ships. The first to be completed was Nevada on April 19, 1942. By the end of the war, all except ''Arizona'' and ''Oklahoma'' had returned to service. Six surviving ships were decommissioned soon after the war was over. ''Nevada'' and ''Pennsylvania'' were expended in atomic bomb tests in the Pacific.〔 The rest were scrapped in the late 1950s. ''Oklahoma'' was eventually refloated but not repaired, and capsized and sank while being towed back to the mainland for scrapping. ''Arizonas hulk remains a memorial, one of the most popular tourist attractions on the island.〔 was in port at Pearl Harbor, but was not moored with the rest of the battleships. However, she was still sunk within a few minutes of the battle.〔
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