New underwater footage and interior sampling reveal remarkable preservation inside the wreckage of the U.S.S. Arizona.
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Interior imaging and scientific sampling shed new light on one of Pearl Harbor’s most notable wreckages. The U.S.S. Arizona has been resting on the seafloor of Pearl Harbor for 75 years. Now, portions of the sunken battleship, including second and third decks, have been inventoried and sampled for the first time by the National Park Service utilizing a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) engineered by Marine Imaging Technologies and the Advanced Imaging and Visualization Laboratory at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Low levels of dissolved oxygen in the water deep within the ship’s interior cabins, combined with a protective covering of marine encrustations on the hull, have helped preserve the ship and its contents.
Read more about the remarkable preservation of the U.S.S. Arizona.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/12/pearl-harbor-arizona-memorial-abe-obama/
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