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See Where The USS Arizona Remains Suspended In Time, 75 Years Later

The USS Arizona has been buried at sea for decades, only to be visited by underwater divers.

Seventy-five years ago today, the attack on Pearl Harbor changed the world. Japanese aircraft hit the base on the Hawaiian naval base, damaging or sinking all eight of the U.S. Navy battleships there.

Several of the other ships were recovered, and put to use in World War II, which the U.S. was now entering, but the USS Arizona, a 608-foot-long super-dreadnought, wasn't raised. It remains a grave for 1,777 sailors and Marines, degrading slowly and still leaking two to nine quarts of oil every day.

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These tours provide an underwater look at the ghostly ship's skeleton.

Scott Pawlowski, who manages cultural and natural resources at the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument, swims silently through the wreckage, picking up modern detritus along the way. The National Park Service was preparing for a shallow-water sonar evolution that would provide data for a 3D map of the ship.

In a video provided by the World War II Valor in the Pacific memorial, see the USS Arizona from the scuba diver's view. The hull is now home to several fish species. Many of the 75 survivors have chosen to join their brothers-in-arms here, for their own final resting place at sea.

After revisiting these underwater tours of Arizona, check out the NOAA's live stream of the Okeanos team performing "shakedown" cruises, exploring two Japanese mini submarines which were sunk before the aerial attacks began. Today is the next-to-last day of the team's first cruise, testing remotely operated vehicle and telepresence systems before moving to mapping work.

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