[Ciaphas Cain]

Legend has it that the oil will continue to rise to the surface until the last of her crew is laid to rest.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

I sold N6 oil and blends to Great Lakes steamships for many years and immediately recognized the smell when we visited the Arizona five years ago. The drips will likely continue for decades if not longer. She went down with about two million gallons of oil, or so I was told.
One of the unspoken issues with the Navy at Pearl is what to do if the wreck destabilizes and falls to pieces on the floor of the harbor. There was talk about building a cement sarcophagus around the BB but no one is command wants to even talk about it, fearing it will begin to collapse on their watch...