# 4873 - 2014 $19.99 USS Arizona Memorial, Express Mail
American Landmarks
City: Honolulu, HI
Quantity: 3,000,000
Printed By: Banknote Corporation of America for Sennett Security Products
Printing Method: Lithographed in sheets of 90 with 9 panes of 10 per sheet
Perforations: Serpentine Die Cut 10 ¾ X 10 ½
Opening Of The USS Arizona Memorial
The secretary of the Navy gave the USS Arizona her name. The ship took 15 months to complete and measured a staggering 608 feet long. The Arizona was designed to travel at 21 knots, but during a trial run in September 1924 was clocked even faster. The ship truly exceeded all expectations.
The Arizona stayed in US territory during World War I but was re-assigned to the Pacific Fleet in 1931. Japanese power was quickly growing and the US sought a deterrent. So in April of 1940, the Navy sent the Pacific Fleet to Pearl Harbor as a show of military strength. As one of the most impressive ships, the Arizona was a valuable addition.
Following the war, a committee began lobbying to create a monument above the Arizona’s remains. After President Dwight D. Eisenhower established the site as a national memorial in 1958, public and private donations were used to finance it.
On May 30, 1962, the memorial was officially dedicated. About 200 invited guests and 800 additional visitors attended the ceremony. The events began with a prayer from a chaplain followed by a band playing the Navy Hymn and then taps.
A shrine stands at the far end of the memorial. A marble wall is inscribed with the names of those who were killed in the attack. A smaller plaque to the left has the names of crew members who survived the attack, but requested to be buried with their shipmates when their lives ended. Navy divers place an urn filled with the sailor’s ashes inside the wreck.
Drops of oil rise to the surface of the water. The day before the Japanese attack in 1941, the ship took on a full load of fuel – about 1.5 million gallons. It’s estimated about one million gallons burned in the two days following the attack. The remaining fuel seeps out in small droplets that have been called “the tears of the Arizona.”
Today the USS Arizona Memorial is one of several sites that make up the Pearl Harbor National Memorial. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1989.
Click here for more about the memorial from the NPS website.
American Landmarks
City: Honolulu, HI
Quantity: 3,000,000
Printed By: Banknote Corporation of America for Sennett Security Products
Printing Method: Lithographed in sheets of 90 with 9 panes of 10 per sheet
Perforations: Serpentine Die Cut 10 ¾ X 10 ½
Opening Of The USS Arizona Memorial
The secretary of the Navy gave the USS Arizona her name. The ship took 15 months to complete and measured a staggering 608 feet long. The Arizona was designed to travel at 21 knots, but during a trial run in September 1924 was clocked even faster. The ship truly exceeded all expectations.
The Arizona stayed in US territory during World War I but was re-assigned to the Pacific Fleet in 1931. Japanese power was quickly growing and the US sought a deterrent. So in April of 1940, the Navy sent the Pacific Fleet to Pearl Harbor as a show of military strength. As one of the most impressive ships, the Arizona was a valuable addition.
Following the war, a committee began lobbying to create a monument above the Arizona’s remains. After President Dwight D. Eisenhower established the site as a national memorial in 1958, public and private donations were used to finance it.
On May 30, 1962, the memorial was officially dedicated. About 200 invited guests and 800 additional visitors attended the ceremony. The events began with a prayer from a chaplain followed by a band playing the Navy Hymn and then taps.
A shrine stands at the far end of the memorial. A marble wall is inscribed with the names of those who were killed in the attack. A smaller plaque to the left has the names of crew members who survived the attack, but requested to be buried with their shipmates when their lives ended. Navy divers place an urn filled with the sailor’s ashes inside the wreck.
Drops of oil rise to the surface of the water. The day before the Japanese attack in 1941, the ship took on a full load of fuel – about 1.5 million gallons. It’s estimated about one million gallons burned in the two days following the attack. The remaining fuel seeps out in small droplets that have been called “the tears of the Arizona.”
Today the USS Arizona Memorial is one of several sites that make up the Pearl Harbor National Memorial. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1989.
Click here for more about the memorial from the NPS website.