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Water bottle used for christening the USS Arizona. Arizona passed prohibition in June of 1915, five years before it became Federal law. Many temperate Arizonans took a dim view to using champagne to christen a ship, despite tradition. However Navy…

This is the actual champagne bottle that was used to christen the USS Arizona by Esther Ross. The bottle is encased in a silver lattice shroud enclosed in a copper mesh. It is still attached to the plaited red white and blue ribbons used to swing the…

Mark 43 practice bombs. These were dropped by Navy planes as target practice. Each heavy, solid bomb body had a hole cored out that housed a specially made long blank shotgun shell which would fire a loud report when it struck the deck of the target…

Cigarette lighter made from a .50 caliber cartridge.

Fragment of USS Arizona's turret #3, removed on the 20th anniversary of its destruction. It is encased in Lucite which has yellowed over the decades.

Booklet commemorating the USS Arizona crossing the Equator in 1936. This event, called a "line crossing" was cause for a wild a colorful ritual where those who had never made the crossing were given an initiation ceremony. This nautical themed…

Three brass names plates that were affixed to the Arizona's gangplank while it was homeported at San Pedro (Long Beach) 1921-1940.

Pendant given out to official guests at the christening of the Arizona.

Information plate describing voltage tolerances from a radio on board a Japanese midget submarine sunk in Pearl Harbor during the Pearl Harbor attack. An exceedingly rare battlefield relic.

Small dance card worn as a pendant around the neck. It consists of a rectangular medallion with the Arizona in its original cage-mast configuration with the title "U.S.S. Arizona 1923." Also attached are two pieces of paper listing dance steps of the…

E medal awarded to the crew of the Arizona in 1924 for efficiency in navigation (as measured by the amount of fuel used in getting from port to port). The Arizona herself was decorated with a red "E" on her smokestack at this time.

Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal, this was awarded to all survivors and victims of the attack on Pearl Harbor as well all members of the US military in the Pacific theater of operations.

American Heritage China Battleship USS Arizona Last Cruise Commemorative Plate with stand with reproduction of painting by Edward Ries.

Handmade photo frame, made from .45, 30 and .50 caliber bullets. The photo shows William Watkins with his Donald Barley, who died in a car accident in Seattle in 1934.

This ash tray is made from the nose of a projectile shell, about 3" (76mm) and .30 caliber rifle bullets with .45 caliber bullets as the feet.

Lamp made from an expended 37mm shell, decorated with .30 caliber bullets and featuring .45 caliber bullets as feet and a spent .45 cartridge as a weight on the pull chain.

Pair of candlesticks made from one of the USS Arizona's main teak wood drive shafts when they were replaced. They were made by the donor.

Spent shell casing from a 40mm Bofors Mark 3 antiaircraft gun with female figure engraved on it.

Spent shell casing from a Bofors Mark 3 40mm antiaircraft gun, chromed and polished with a well executed image of a pin-up girl engraved upon it.

Spent shell casing from a Bofors Mark 3 40mm antiaircraft gun, most likely chromed as they were usually made from brass. This has been polished to a mirror finish.