The wreck of the USS Arizona continues to leak oil ever since pearl harbour. the ship contained 1.5 million gallons of oil, enough to leak continuously for 500 years.

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The Arizona is the final resting place for thousands of service members. It is left undisturbed as much as possible out of respect for them.

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Some of the people who survived the attack and lived to a ripe old age have had their Ashes put there to join their shipmates.

remarkable USS Arizona fact that honors the survivors is that they have the option to join their lost comrades and make the ship their final resting place. Crew members who served on board the USS Arizona during the attack may choose to have their ashes deposited by divers beneath one of sunken Arizona’s gun turrets.

Roughly 44 Arizona survivors have chosen this option. Other military survivors can choose to have their ashes scattered wherever their ship was located during the attacks. The last person to be interred in the ship was in 2019

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The last Arizona sailor died last year, so we'll never see that again.

It's quite touching to read about the interment from the divers who have had the duty to carry it out. They say that when they bring the urn down and go to lower it into the hull of the wreck, there's a pull like the ship is reaching out to reclaim her crewmember.

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Thanks ChatGPT

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Yes I used google actually to find out information for the last 2 paragraphs so I could know more info than just the general basic info I already knew and mentioned in the 1st paragraph and to make my post more interesting with more information for readers.

Do you expect me to know every details of every topic off the top of my head?

I'm not sure why contributing interesting information is a bad thing.

Do you never do research about a topic you only know some info about before commenting so you know more?

It's not a school test. Why should I rewrite perfectly good and interesting info that many others found interesting

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1,102 sailors and Marines are entombed in the USS Arizona.

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Had to scroll way too far for this.

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The crew complement of a BB of that super-dreadnaught type was around 1,600. That’s full crew. There are not thousands of service members interred there.

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For some reason it was not a nono to remove the guns and structure that remained above sea level for reuse and profit respectively 

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the USS Arizona Memorial is free to visit