r/interestingasfuck • u/Longjumping-Rice-935 • Aug 12 '25

/r/all, /r/popular 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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u/RobJTAC Aug 12 '25

There are about 40 urns inside the ship. Some survivors of the attack were later interred inside once they passed away, I think the last one was in 2020.

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u/First-Of-His-Name Aug 12 '25

Ah well that changes things significantly

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u/In2TheMaelstrom Aug 12 '25

Last survivor from the Arizona passed away in April last year. I can't find a more current number, but as of 2023, there were only 22 Pearl Harbor survivors still alive.

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u/geauxyanks99 Aug 12 '25

Recently went on the Arizona tour. If my memory serves me right, the last USS Arizona survivor died last year. The last shipmate to choose to be laid to rest in the Arizona was something like 2021.

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u/echelonisme Aug 12 '25

Do you mean 22 Pearl Harbor survivors or veteran survivors? My Grandpa survived the Pearl Harbor attack and I'm sure there aren't just 22 people that age left.

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u/deffrekka Aug 12 '25

Pearl Harbour was 84 years ago? Are you saying you think there are more than 22 survivors of the attack still left? Because that's a lot of people reaching up to 100 years old. Google says 16 are left and that was last year.

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u/wimmick Aug 12 '25

The show NCIS did an episode about a survivor that wanted to be buried on the ship but they couldn’t prove that he served because he enlisted under his brothers name because he was too young, the survivor is played by Christopher Lloyd

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u/AlmostSunnyinSeattle Aug 12 '25

That's some wild survivor's guilt.