Phoenix - USS Arizona Anchor and Mast

Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza is the home to the anchor from the USS Arizona and a mast.  (Note that the original Arizona bell now hangs in the University of Arizona (Tucson) Student Union Memorial Center bell tower. The bell is run after every home football victory.  Other artifacts are permanently housed at Arizona State Capital museum.) You can read about the USS Arizona here.

This is the anchor and you can see the mast in the distance.

 The base of the anchor holds the names of those lost during the attack on Pearl Harbor.

 This is the view of the mast looking forwards the Arizona Capital building.

 A dormant fountain has the Arizona state flag. The pigeons are lined up for a private viewing.

 There is also a time capsule at the exhibit.  Hmmmmmm, 2075 seems like a very long time.

 This is a little closer to the mast.

 This plaque tells more about the USS Arizona Signal Mast.  You can click on the photo to enlarge it.

 This is looking from the mast back at the anchor.  The three poles sticking up are flags near the anchor, just to give you a perspective on the distance between the mast and the anchor.

There are many books on the ship and the battle at Amazon. (affiliate link)


Here is the post from my visit to the sight in December, 2013
http://ladeetravels.blogspot.com/2014/02/honolulu-hawaii-pearl-harbor.html