Lou Conter was the last living survivor of the USS Arizona battleship that exploded and sank during the Japanese bombing of ...

The tough last survivor of the USS Arizona ... and ignited more than 1 million pounds of gunpowder stored in the hull below. The explosion propelled the battleship about 40 feet in the air ...

The Arizona's hull number is SSN-803. It will be preceded in service by the USS Oklahoma (named for another battleship at Pearl Harbor that never fought again) and followed by the USS Barb (named ...

Today the USS Arizona memorial serves to honor the 1,177 men who perished onboard during and following the Japanese sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, 80-plus years ago on December 7, 1941. Almost half ...

HONOLULU (AP) — USS Arizona sailor ... five steel decks on the Arizona and ignited over 1 million pounds of gunpowder and thousands of pounds of ammunition. “The ship was consumed in a giant ...

The USS Arizona, a Pennsylvania class battleship, sank in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, on December 7, 1941. She was the flagship of Battleship Division One at the time. The Arizona ...

The last living survivor of the USS Arizona battleship that exploded during the ... decks 13 minutes into the battle and set off over 1 million pounds (450,000 kilograms) of gunpowder stored ...

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Lou Conter, who was a quartermaster on battleship that exploded and sank during bombing, died following congestive heart failure The last living survivor of the USS Arizona battleship that ...

LOS ANGELES, April 1 (Reuters) - U.S. Navy veteran Louis Conter, the last surviving crew member from the battleship USS Arizona, which was destroyed by Japanese warplanes in the attack on Pearl ...