If there hadn't been a war to fight; the dead crewmen might have been removed. But there were so many dead men in the ship, and the Navy had to rebuild, re-organize, and set sail to counter attack the enemy (time was urgent, there was a war to be fought); it was decided to let the battleship be their tomb.
Battleships Utah & Arizona remain in place; both contain dead US crewmen.
For photos, see website: USS Arizona
The Battleship USS Arizona
3 US battleships were never used again: US battleships USS Arizona and USS Utah still rest on the bottom of PH. Battleship USS Oklahoma was raised, sold for scrap (re-cycling) but sunk at sea while it was being towed back to California.
USS Arizona (BB-39) was a Pennsylvania-class battleship of the United States Navy.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Arizona_%28BB-39%29
Battleships Utah & Arizona remain in place; both contain dead US crewmen.
For photos, see website: USS Arizona
It was a Pennsylvania Class Battleship.
The Battleship USS Arizona
3 US battleships were never used again: US battleships USS Arizona and USS Utah still rest on the bottom of PH. Battleship USS Oklahoma was raised, sold for scrap (re-cycling) but sunk at sea while it was being towed back to California.
underwater(it was sunk) at Pearl harbor.
On 7 December 1941.
BB-63, the Battleship Missouri. BB-39, the Battleship Arizona.
USS Arizona (BB-39) was a Pennsylvania-class battleship of the United States Navy.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Arizona_%28BB-39%29
Yes, for about 1,000 US battleship crewmen.
Arizona stands for the Battleship Arizona that was hit and sunk during the attack at Pearl Harbor. The sailors' bodies are still entombed in there.
USS Arizona?