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We once again went to the Visitor Center to pick up where we left off on our tour last year. I was equally impressed
by the sunken model of the USS Arizona and took a lot of photos of it which didn't turn out so well
due to its enclosure. The photos on the far right are "aerial" shots. I was trying to capture the destruction of that fateful day.
Journaling reads as follows:
[The USS Arizona Memorial] marks the resting place of 1,102 of the 1,177 sailors killed on the
USS Arizona during the Attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941 by Japanese imperial forces.
In early 1942 the US Navy determined the
USS Arizona to be a total loss after inspection
discovered access to the front portion of the ship was blocked by debris and the great sheets of metal grotesquely twisted presented a very unsafe
environment. The second deck had collapsed and virtually melted into the lower decks. It was also
discovered that the number one and two gun turrets had collapsed more than 20', leaving little doubt as
to the severity of the wounds. Dismantling of the USS Arizona began, as severe structural damage
throughout the ship prevented it from being completely salvaged, the USS Arizona continued to live in other ships as she became a prime source for
spare parts.
In June of 1942, the Navy decided the lost ship's hulk was not a hazard to navigation in the harbor
and the ship would remain where she fell. Later in the war, the decision was made to leave the crewmembers with their ship, considering the men to
be buried at sea. By the end of 1943, most of the ship visible from above the waterline had been
removed. Among the useable items taken from the ship were guns, ammunition, machinery, the stern
aircraft crane, conning tower and numerous other entities. The U.S. Army removed gun turrets three
and four for use as coastal defense batteries. The number two gun turret was scrapped, but the
number one gun turret remains intact and on the ship. In 1961, the (overhead) ceiling from the
forward mess deck was removed, making way for the construction of the USS Arizona Memorial.
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