This is a postage stamp issued by Montserrat depicting the USS Arizona, an American battleship sunk in the attack on Pearl Harbor. The USS Arizona was the second ship of the Pennsylvania-class battleships and was named after the state of Arizona. On December 7, 1941, during the attack on Pearl Harbor, a bomb dropped by a Japanese Type 97 carrier-based attack bomber hit the ship, causing the ammunition magazine to detonate and sink the ship. In this attack, 1,177 of the 1,400 crew members of the USS Arizona died. It remains at the bottom of Pearl Harbor and is preserved as a static display, with the Arizona Memorial built above the hull. Montserrat is a volcanic island located in the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean Sea, and is a British overseas territory. Also known as Montserrat. The official language is English, and the currency is the East Caribbean dollar, which is common in the region of the Lesser Antilles. Soufrière Hills (1050m), an active volcano, is the highest mountain on the island. The capital is Plymouth, located in the southwest of the island, but the southern half of the island was devastated by volcanic eruptions that occurred from 1995 to 1997, and Brades is now the temporary capital (de facto capital). In addition, Little Bay is under construction as the new capital. B1018