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Originally Posted by August
Yeah wasn't the Arizona protected from torpedo attack by that tender parked alongside?
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U.S.S.
Vestal, but she was a lot shorter than the
Arizona, allowing torpedoes to hit the BBs bow or stern.
some have suggested that this and similar photos shows the submarine tracks from the midget sub hitting
West Virginia which is already listing to port, although I think that is a stretch myself. They are most likely air dropped torpedoes.
Arizona and
Vestal are moored just behind
West Virginia and
Tennessee.
That photo was taken by a Japanese aircraft, more details here:
http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/e...hbr/ph-bba.htm