Important to remember. I recall reading that some sailors on one of the Pearl Harbor ships survived the attack but were trapped in the hull In the partially capsized ship. The ship had been beached and for weeks new recruits, when they were training on the beach, would hear the sailors tapping from the inside the ship. They couldn’t be rescued because the hull was too thick and the navy couldn’t divert wartime resources to getting them out. Gradually the tapping stopped but it took a long time.
Just tragic, and I think it’s true that the naval sacrifices aren’t recognized enough. Prayers for them all.
That was the USS Oklahoma
As I remember the story, they could have opened the hull, but as soon as they punctured it and released the trapped air it would have flooded and drowned all the trapped sailor before they could open it enough to get them out. It was a tragic catch 22.
Urban legend.The ship was USS Oklahoma that rolled over at her berth tied up to Ford Island.The navy worked round the clock for days to free those men trapped below decks.Some were unable to be freed and died.There is a book on the recovery efforts IIRC