<p>Casual records, deck log and official testimonies indicate the USS Arizona had berthed at Pearl Harbor December 6th for minor repairs. She was refueled at that time.</p>
<p>Normal fuel capacity for ARIZONA was 4630 tons (approximately 29,800 Bbls.) Assuming that they bunkered to around 96~98% of capacity would mean there was around 4400 tons of fuel aboard at the time of the attack. Additionally the ship carried 75 tons of diesel oil (for boats), 11-3/4 tons of aviation fuel and 5,000 gallons of lube oil.</p>
<p>The lighter distillates are probably long gone by now. Hard to say about the lubes…</p>
<p>Given the threat of a possible war with Japan, my guess is the ship was pretty well “topped up”.</p>