Battleship Arizona: An Illustrated History

The "Arizona's" story has never before been told in such rich personal detail. Using a technique that proved so successful in his book on the battleship "New Jersey, " Paul Stillwell draws on nearly one hundred interviews of former crewmen and countless official documents to present a complete history of the famous warship, from her keel-laying in 1914 onward. Without neglecting the ship's technical details, he focuses on the human aspects of the story, particularly of the experiences of the enlisted personel. Their recollections offer an important perspective of life on the "Arizona, " a way of life shared by all battleship sailors. Always insightful, often amusing, their stories give the reader a realistic picture of the U.S. Navy and its men during the 1920's and 1930's.