USS Arizona - BB-39
Commissioned: 17 October 1916
Sank: 7 December 1941
1,177 remain on eternal patrol
USS Utah - BB-31/AG-16
Commissioned 31 August 1911
Sank: 7 December 1941
Unknown how many remain on eternal patrol
USS Oklahoma - BB-37
Commissioned: 2 May 1916
Sank: 7 December 1941 and 17 May 1947
429 joined their comrades on Utah and Arizona
USS West Virginia - BB-48
Commissioned: 1 December 1923
Recommissioned: 14 September 1944
Struck: 1 March 1959
106 joined their comrades on Utah and Arizona
USS California - BB-44
Commissioned: 10 August 1921
Recommissioned: 31 January 1944
Struck: 1 March 1959
100 joined their comrades on Utah and Arizona
All told, 2,470 gave their lives and their sacred honor to defend their country.
All honor do they deserve.
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