U.S. Navy Announces Updates for Preservation of Pearl Harbor’s USS Arizona

U.S. Navy announces updates for preservation of Pearl Harbor’s USS Arizona

The U.S. Navy on Friday announced its plans for a preservation project coordinated with the National Park Service for Pearl Harbor's USS Arizona that includes the removal of its aging mooring platforms.

Navy to scrap historic platforms used to salvage doomed USS Arizona

The U.S. Navy and Pearl Harbor National Memorial will begin work next week to permanently remove a pair of dilapidated platforms that were connected to the USS Arizona during salvage operations following its sinking in the 1941 Japanese surprise attack.

Navy to remove USS Arizona mooring platforms after 80 years

The platforms were attached in 1942 to aid the salvage of the vessel’s main guns and equipment.

Navy, Pearl Harbor National Memorial take next step in USS Arizona preservation, removal of mooring platforms

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii – The U.S. Navy and the Pearl Harbor National Memorial will begin placing containment buoys and anchors in the waters surrounding the USS Arizona Memorial site May 19 as a precautionary measure and in preparation for the upcoming removal of the two mooring platforms constructed on the hull of the sunken battleship.