Arizona became a macabre death chamber for thousands after it was bombed in 1941 It still slowly leaks oil into pearl harbor all these years later. The uss arizona and uss utah have leaked thousands of gallons of oil in pearl harbor since the 1941 attack and there’s no plan to stop the flow anytime soon. A 2008 department of defense report classified the specific type of fuel oil leaking from the arizona as particularly harmful Heavy fuel oil persists in environments longer than lighter petroleum products. Residual oil from the attack on pearl harbor in 1941 is still leaking into the ocean
The battleship arizona was fueled to its maximum level on december 6, 1941, with 1.5 million gallons of oil Even though the ship was broken in two by the explosion, many of its fuel tanks survived the dec 7th attack, estimated to be around 500,000 gallons Over the past eighty years, approximately 50,000 to 65,000 gallons of oil have leaked into pearl harbor bay Thus, the oil leak at the uss. 84 years after pearl harbor attack, uss arizona continues to spill oil — and will continue to for another 500 years the events of pearl harbor led to some of the most disastrous shipwrecks in.
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