According to what a History Channel special told me, any Arizona survivor can — if he chooses — be cremated when he dies and the Navy will have a scuba diver safely deposit the remains on the wreck so the man can rejoin his shipmates. There can’t be many of them left now to make that choice.
Some time ago I read that the Navy has steel salvaged from the Arizona’s superstructure in storage, and family members of a deceased Arizona survivor can take home a piece of the ship as a memento.
30 Arizona survivors have chosen to rejoin their shipmates in this manner so far...
Some time ago I read that the Navy has steel salvaged from the Arizona’s superstructure in storage, and family members of a deceased Arizona survivor can take home a piece of the ship as a memento.