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USS Arizona Memorial Visitor Center Museum - USS Arizona Memorial

In the words of USS Arizona Memorial architect Alfred Preis, "The form, wherein the structure sags in the center but stands strong and vigorous at the ends, expresses initial defeat and ultimate victory. Wide openings in walls and roof permit a flooding by sunlight and a close view of the sunken battleship eight feet below, both fore and aft. At low tide, as the sun shines upon the hull, the barnacles, which excrust it, shimmer like gold jewels...a beautiful sarcophagus."

In the early 1980's, the National Park Service began to map and photograph the USS Arizona. Not much was known of her remains. Underwater work had not been done since the Memorial was constructed in 1962. In 1983, an archeological survey was initiated to determine the external condition of the ship. One of the results of that mapping project is this model.

2 USS Arizona Mural
3 USS Arizona Bell
4 Museum Entry
5 City Gone to Sea
6 USS Arizona Model
7 Paxton Carter Case
8 Salvage and Repair
9 Pearl Harbor Photomural
10 Radar
11 IMS Akagi Model
12 Japanese Torpedo
13 USS Arizona Band
14 Arizona Memorial Model
15 Back Lawn Overview
16 Remembrance Circle
17 Vessels Under Attack
18 North and West Panorama
19 Bombers Over Battleship Row
20 Fall and Rise of the Fleet
21 & 23 Navy Shuttle
22 USS Arizona

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