Navy to scrap historic platforms used to salvage doomed USS Arizona

Work will begin Monday to permanently remove a pair of dilapidated platforms that were connected to the USS Arizona during salvage operations following its sinking in the 1941 Japanese surprise attack. Workers with the U.S. Navy and Pearl Harbor National Memorial will place containment buoys and anchors in the waters surrounding the USS Arizona Memorial site as a precautionary measure and in preparation for removing the platforms, the Navy said in a news release Thursday. “Ultimately, the Navy decided to remove the historic platforms to prevent possible damage to the USS Arizona, its memorial and the environment,” the release states.

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