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How many people died aboard the USS Arizona at Pearl Harbor?

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Pearl Harbor attack A U.S. battleship sinking during the Pearl Harbor attack.

During the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, the death toll aboard the USS Arizona was 1,177 crew members.1

Following the explosion caused by a direct hit to the ship's munitions, the vessel sank in approximately 40 feet of water. While some crew members survived—with estimates ranging between 334 and 355—more than 900 individuals remained entombed within the wreckage, which now serves as a national cemetery and is commemorated by the USS Arizona Memorial.12