The Navy began interring Pearl Harbor survivors on their old ships in The wrecks of only two vessels remain in the harbor — the Arizona and USS Utah — so survivors of those ships are the only ones who have the option to be laid to rest this way. Most of the ships hit that day were repaired and put back into service or scrapped.
Neither underwater archaeologists at the Navy History and Heritage Command or those who handle burials for the Navy Personnel Command were aware of any interments conducted on sunken Navy vessels elsewhere. Of the 1, USS Arizona sailors and Marines killed at Pearl Harbor, more than could not be recovered and remain entombed on the ship, which sank in nine minutes.
A memorial built in sits above the wreckage. Sixty died on the Utah, and three have been interred there. At least one of the three living Utah survivors wants his ashes placed on his old ship. Loved ones will stand on the USS Arizona Memorial's dock and hand an urn to scuba divers in the water.
The divers will guide the container to the barnacled wreckage and carefully place it inside. In , legislation was passed authorizing the Navy to erect a memorial and allowing it to accept donations toward that goal. Among the many noteworthy contributions were several generous ones from Hawaii's legislature and a concert by Elvis Presley. In , construction began and the memorial was dedicated on Memorial Day in In , a visitor's center on shore was opened and the Navy turned the operation of the memorial over to the National Park Service.
During the s, the Park Service conducted a detailed survey of the sunken Arizona and other sites of historical interest related to the Pearl Harbor attack. So far, 43 have already opted to do so, Blount says. Today, only three survivors of the attack who were onboard the U.
Arizona are still alive and they have all indicated that they want to be buried in a family cemetery, according to Blount. But Lauren Bruner , a survivor of the attack on the vessel who died in September, chose to have his ashes interred on the wreckage.
Write to Sanya Mansoor at sanya. Arizona After Pearl Harbor? The battleship U. By Sanya Mansoor. Coins from many nations rest on the white galley floor tiles directly beneath the U. Arizona 's memorial. Imaging specialists from marine imaging technologies examine an officer's uniform. The uniform was discovered on U.
Arizona 's third deck during a recent interior investigation of the battleship. A National Park Service Photo by marine imagining technologies shows an officer's uniform. An image from marine imaging technologies shows part of what appears to be a book or magazine in an interior cabin of the U.
A black sheen of oil floats on the surface of Pearl Harbor. The funds to build it came from both the public sector and private donors, including one unlikely source. In March , entertainer Elvis Presley, who had recently finished a two-year stint in the U. The monument was officially dedicated on May 30, , and attracts more than 1 million visitors each year.
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