USS Arizona Gun Barrel begins trek to Arizona Capitol Museum after more than 63 years at Virginia Naval Base

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DAHLGREN, Va., (April 10, 2012) - The last USS Arizona 14-inch gun barrel

begins its move from the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division in

Virginia to Phoenix, Ariz., April 10. The gun barrel - removed from the USS

Arizona to be relined before World War II - was at the Dahlgren Naval

Proving Ground for proof testing when the attack on Pearl Harbor occurred on

Dec. 7, 1941. The state of Arizona is also moving a USS Missouri gun barrel

from Norfolk Naval Shipyard's St. Julien's Creek Annex to exhibit with the

Arizona gun. These two barrels, representing "bookends" of World War II -

the beginning and end - will significantly enhance the USS Arizona memorial

exhibit at the Arizona Capitol Museum in Phoenix. (U.S. Navy photo by John

J. Joyce/Released)

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