I’ll always remember the whiff of Number 6 oil, tears of the Arizona, as we approached the memorial some years ago.
One of the Navy hands said that was a rumor that a dry dock would be built around the wreck and a cement sarcophigas built to contain the battleship and its contents.
She’s been under saltwater for 73 years.
76 years now.
Coming up on 76.5 years.