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U.S. Navy Removes USS Arizona mooring platform segments
Commander Navy Region Hawaii
Sept. 20, 2025 | 2:29
JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii - A crane lifts a concrete segment of a USS Arizona mooring platform from Pearl Harbor as U.S. Navy contractors help guide it toward placement on a barge, Sept. 20, 2025. Members of Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit (MDSU) 1, advised by the U.S. Navy's Supervisor of Salvage and Diving and supported by locally contracted salvors, are extracting two World War II-era mooring platforms from the USS Arizona hull to help preserve the ship. In the aftermath of the attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec 7, 1941, the Navy installed these mooring platforms to aid in the salvaging of the Pennsylvania-class battleship's ammunition and armament for reutilization in the ongoing war effort.
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