The Ballad of the USS Arizona by Marshall Catch

This is a picture slide show of the life of the USS Arizona (1915 - 1941), a massive battleship built by the US Navy and subsequently sunk by the Japanese during the attack on Pearl Harbor. It is my intention to honor those who served or who have loved ones who served. I collected the photographs from various sources on the internet, I am unaware if any are copyrighted. If so, please let me know and I will remove them. I apologize that many seem to move too fast, it is hard to get all the great photographs to fit in so some seem rushed.

The Arizona has a rich history in both wartimes and peace, and I wanted to capture that in song. "The Ballad of the USS Arizona" is an original composition performed by my band, Marshall Catch. It is written from the perspective of the ship herself, as opposed to the soldiers or myself.
It details her birth in Brooklyn, New York, her life during and after World War I, and her death and subsequent designation as a National Monument and Graveyard in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

Marshall Catch is Luke Lautaret - Vocals & Guitars, Aidan Foshay - Bass, Aaron Danreuther - Harmony Vocals & Guitars, George Kimerly - Drums & Percussion, Jared Denney - Keyboards & Harmony Vocals. My grandfather, Gene Smith, played the fiddle on this track.

We will be releasing a single of this song, featuring the acoustic version and a full-band version, on our website soon. Please visit www.marshallcatch.com for information or if you would like a copy.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• USS Arizona
• Pearl Harbor
• World War II
• Battleships
• Japan
• Marshall Catch
• Hawaii
• Navy
• Sunken Ships
• National Memorial
• Aidan Foshay
• Luke Lautaret
• Aaron Danreuther
• George Kimerly
• Jared Denney
• Gene Smith
• Kalispell
• Montana
• December 7th
• 1941
• 12-07-41

[garbonzobeanwillie]

Hey everybody thanks for all your views!! If you are interested in downloading this song, please go to our official website, which is just MarshallCatch(dot)com. Portions of the proceeds from this song will be donated to the local (Kalispell, Montana) VFW Post 2252.

[EatMahChickenz]

This is so sad, who is the asshole that disliked this?

[jacobtdurbin]

there is one pic in here near the middle that the radio tower and the bridge makes a face i love this song

[amyhackert]

this song is suppppeeeer pretty it just so beautiful i love it

[TheGranule]

If you want to see the actual USS Arizona watch the 1934 movie called Here Comes the Navy. It was filmed aboard her.

The scenes below decks are very evocative.

[Scotsman26]

This is an amazing video and a amazing pictures and an amazing song

[ChuckieInMT]

Here's some praise for The Monster Morning Crew, JP & Davio Radio, for playing 'The Ballad Of The USS Arizona', this 7 December, 2011

Praise to Marshall Catch & I'm hoping they are enjoying this week in Honolulu -

Check it out, cuz it's an awesome slide show of it's life and demise -

Remember that 'War Is Hell' -

I stepped onto the Arizona Memorial once, and was so overcome by the spirit of all of those men, that I had to get right back on the tour boat to head back to the pier...

[crober337]

Pause the video at 2:44 Look at the Ship Close and you will see the angry face of the Arizona.... Thanks for the video and song...

[Stendeck111]

I just wanted to thank you again for this I am a memeber of VFW post 2252.

[edaw1982]

She was a grand old Dame, her and her sailors did their duty. The servicemen are safe in her protective bosom.

[edaw1982]

Go 'zona.