[jmacusa]

You’d think the Navy would be more vigilant.

Recently I was reading an article in World War Two Magazine
about the wreck of the Australian cruiser HMAS Canberra which was lost in action during The Battle Of Savo Island in 1942.

Looters and salvage hunters have made off with the whole wreck! The entire wreck is gone.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

I was referring to the Arizona.
She's been down since the first day of WWII and salt water is taking its toll.
There was a plan to build a “sarcophagus” around the wreck but the admiralty fears any disturbance would cause the ship to collapse.
It can't be touched, except by divers planting the cremated remains of the survivors inside with their ship mates...