Has anyone gone inside the USS Arizona?

As all of these pieces of the puzzle come together — not in a single dive, but over the course of several — it brings home the sadness and loss of this amazing place. As an underwater archaeologist for the National Park Service, Dave Conlin is one of few people in the world who has dived the USS Arizona.



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Of the 1,177 USS Arizona sailors and Marines killed at Pearl Harbor, more than 900 could not be recovered and remain entombed on the ship, which sank in nine minutes. A memorial built in 1962 sits above the wreckage. Sixty died on the Utah, and three have been interred there.

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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.

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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.

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The Pearl Harbor program consists of a 23-minute documentary film of the actual attack, a 10-minute boat ride to the Arizona memorial, and 15-minutes at the memorial.

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