User blog:I am that guy/Building Battleship Row

Hello, I am that guy here. Last month I built the USS Arizona for Pearl Harbor Day, then copied the ship to make Pennsylvania, the state I was born in. Since then I've been occupied, but now I've decided to build the eight ships of Battleship Row from Pearl Harbor.

What is Battleship Row?
Battleship Row was a line of docks on the southeast side of Ford Island, in the center of the harbor. The eight battleships of the US Pacific Fleet were often moored here when not in Drydock. On the morning of December 7, 1941, all eight battleships were in port. The only one not at its berth was USS Pennsylvania, who had been put into a Drydock to the south.

Ships of Battleship Row
USS Arizona: The most famous member of Battleship Row, the USS Arizona was launched as the second and last member of the Pennsylvania class battleships on June 19, 1915 and entered service on October 17, 1916. She never saw combat in World War One, mostly out of fear of U-boats. Through the 1930s she was modernized. On December 7, Arizona was the second most northeastern ship in Battleship Row. During the attack, a Japanese bomber hit the ship and detonated her magazine. The resulting explosion accounted for almost half of all killed that day. She was decommissioned on the 29th and was struck from the naval registry on December 1, 1942.

USS Pennsylvania: The sister to Arizona and lead ship of the class, the USS Pennsylvania was launched on March 16, 1915 and enter service on June 12, 1916. Attached to the US Atlantic Fleet, she saw no action against Germany. Modernized in the '30s, she was moved to the Pacific and was chosen as Admiral Kimmels flagship, on December 7, the Pennsylvania was in Drydock and one of the first attacked. The Japanese attempted to destroy the door to the Drydock, flooding it and making the salvage of Pennsylvania and the two destroyers it shared the space with much more difficult. These did not succeed. The ship served until the end of the war, earning eight battle stars. She was decommissioned on August 29, 1946. Pennsylvania was then sunk as a target ship as part of Operation Crossroads on February 10, 1948 and struck nine days later.