How do you explain that oil is still leaking out of the USS Arizona after over 60+ years?

not to mention the unhappy familys of the sailors not being able to give a proper burial?How do you explain that oil is still leaking out of the USS Arizona after over 60+ years?
It's a lot of oil. It's to risky to try and pump it out.How do you explain that oil is still leaking out of the USS Arizona after over 60+ years?
For several weeks after the attack on Pearl Harbor the Navy went to great lengths to recover the mortal remains of those who died in USS Arizona and the other ships which were sunk during that attack. One of my instructors in Hospital Corps School at Great Lakes in 1958 was one of those divers who went below to carry out that chore. Many of the mortal remains recovered were interred in the National Cemetery of the Pacific, also known as the ';Punch Bowl'; on Oahu.


The oil that is leaking is called bunker oil. It is quite heavy and viscous, unlike the oil one sees in an auto's engine today. And it is reaching the surface only a few drops at a time from a small leak in the hull of the ship.


You should also know that a major street in the vicinity of Pearl Harbor is named for the Captain of the Arizona, as is one for the ship's surgeon. The USS Arizona memorial is one of only two places in the U.S. where a Navy ship passing it has to render honors by having available crew man the rail and salute. The other place is Mount Vernon on the Potomac.


In short, the Navy did recover a lot of mortal remains from that ship. And the Navy continues to honor the losses suffered that day. Would that our nation had that long a memory.
I for one would be Proud to be entombed in a National Memorial or to have a family member there.





Shifting of the sea floor and of the ship its self allows for the oil to surface, it may never stop leaking, we can only hope for it is part of the Memorial.





Vet-USAF
Yet another clueless liberal making speculations about how military people or their families view serving...
a lot of oil and a very small leak is how I would explain it.
Entombed in a National Historic Memorial is more than proper. It is a Memorial to all the brave men that died on the ship.
There were thousands of gallons of fuel oil in USS Arizona's bunkers when she was sunk. Damage from the bombs and the deterioration of the hull has caused leaks from the fuel tanks.





As for the burial site, USS Arizona is a fitting place for her crew. In fact, many of her survivors and other Pearl Harbor veterans have had their ashes spread across USS Arizona in the decades after the attack. I have heard some people complain about the lack of ';proper'; burial, but can you cite one family that is upset about USS Arizona's crew being entombed in her hull?
A battleship would have about 10000 or so tons of fuel on board, so that fact that it is still leaking is unremarkable. It takes very little oil to make an impressive slick.
it's easy there was fuel oil in her bunkers when she sank and there are leaks. you couldn't figure that out for yourself?





they have all received a proper burial. that is one of the most revered burial places in the US.