Bodfish in Kern County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)
USS Arizona
Photographed by Denise Boose, December 31, 2013
1. USS Arizona Marker
She was one of the mightiest battleships of her time, measuring 608 feet in length and 97 feet at the widest point in her beam. She carried twelve 14 inch guns in four turrets and 22.5 inch .51 caliber guns. Her displacement was 31,400 tons with a mean draft of 29 feet.
Arizona served the Atlantic Fleet during WWI and joined the Pacific Fleet in 1921. She was the flagship of Battleship Division one, participating in many maneuvers, and fleet problems designed to be used in the event of a war against Japan in the South Pacific.
On the morning of December 7, 1941, about 1,447 of her full complement of Navy and Marine officers and men were aboard: about 50 had been unable to return to the ship from shore liberty. When she sank, more than half of her crew had been killed, around 800 of them going down with the ship, 1,117 died on the ship.
Artifacts of the USS Arizona BB-39
Erected 2004 by Joe and Ann Nemish, and Lake Isabella-Bodfish Property Owners Association.
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, World II • Waterways & Vessels.
Location. 35° 36.485′ N, 118° 29.062′ W. Memorial is in Bodfish, California, in Kern County. It is at the
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Regionally, this memorial is in California’s San Joaquin Valley, specifically in the Central Valley, and in the Sierra Nevada. It is also on the American Pacific Coast. Globally, it is in North America, on the Ring of Fire, in the Pacific Rim, in the Western Hemisphere, in the Western World, and in the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain and also Mexicos Alta California.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Silver City Ghost Town (approx. 0.8 miles away); Havilah (approx. 1.4 miles away); Keyesville (approx. 1.9 miles away); Campsite of Edward Kern (approx. 3.2 miles away); Old Isabella (approx. 3.2 miles away); a different marker also named Havilah (approx. 6½ miles away); Historic Havilah (approx. 6½ miles away); Stage Robbery! (approx. 6½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Bodfish.
Also see . . . Trashed, Rusted Parts Of USS Arizona See New Life As Memories. (Submitted on August 2, 2014, by Denise Boose of Tehachapi, California.)
Photographed by Denise Boose, December 31, 2013
2. USS Arizona Marker and Memorial Plaques
The 2-ton rusted tripod
Photographed by Denise Boose, December 31, 2013
3. Veterans Memorial Plaque and Drive Shaft
Photographed by Denise Boose, December 31, 2013
4. Veterans Memorial
This memorial is placed in honor of all veterans who have served our country so valiantly
Photographed by Denise Boose, December 31, 2013
5. USS Arizona Memorial
Dedicated May 31, 2004 by the people of the Kern River Valley to the people of the United States of America and to those who served her.
Photographed by Denise Boose, December 31, 2013
6. 2-ton Rusted Tripod
Photographed by Denise Boose, December 31, 2013
7. USS Arizona Torpedoes
Photographed by Denise Boose, December 31, 2013
8. USS Arizona Memorial
Credits. This page was last revised on May 7, 2026. It was originally submitted on August 2, 2014, by Denise Boose of Tehachapi, California. This page has been viewed 1,332 times since then and 45 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. submitted on August 2, 2014, by Denise Boose of Tehachapi, California. • Syd Whittle was the editor who published this page.
