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To: lowbridge

My guess is that none of the USS Arizona survivors were below decks when the ship was hit. All of the others were cremated.


18 posted on 09/13/2019 2:22:04 PM PDT by forgotten man
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To: forgotten man

No, the destruction was primarily forward. Many survived from the after spaces, though many were badly burned as well.

A recent NOVA (I think) show covered a project to explore the interior of the Arizona with a remote camera drone...the spaces they explored were remarkably intact. One of them (far aft, maybe Admiral Kidd’s quarters?) showed an intact dress uniform still hanging on the wall.


39 posted on 09/13/2019 7:10:21 PM PDT by M1903A1 ("We shed all that is good and virtuous for that which is shoddy and sleazy...and call it progress")
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