But the majority of the ship is seen today only by those who dive to see it. Divers do not go inside the ship out of respect for the fallen sailors and marines but are able to see what's on the inside of the ship through a remotely operated vehicle.
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Fuel continues to leak from USS Arizona's wreckage.However, despite the raging fire and ravages of time, some 500,000 gallons are still slowly seeping out of the ship's submerged wreckage: Nearly 70 years after its demise, Arizona continues to spill up to 9 quarts of oil into the harbor each day.
The displays in the Pearl Harbor Visitor Center aren't meant to be touched and other locations, specifically the USS Arizona Memorial, require quiet and respectful behavior from everyone.
A 10-minute US Navy boat ride over to the USS Arizona Memorial. The duration of the complete program is 1 hour and 15 minutes (23-minute documentary film on the actual attack, 10 minute-boat ride to and from the Memorial and the time spent at the Memorial).
Famously, the battleship USS Arizona (BB-39) was only in combat for minutes before a Japanese armor-piercing bomb struck the ship's forward magazine, causing an explosion that devastated the “super-dreadnought” and killed 1,177 officers and crewmen.
The Cape Fear Memorial Bridge, completed in 1969, eight years after the U.S.S. North Carolina was moored at Eagle Island, cannot be raised high enough to permit the battleship to leave, functionally locking it into place.
The National Park Service estimates that the USS Arizona has between 100 to 150 years before the hull gives away, but this new study can help pinpoint the exact time. This is not the first time that students at the Academy have worked on the USS Arizona and its corrosion rate.