Pearl Harbor - Into the Arizona

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A mere shadow of her former self.

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BRETT SEYMOUR

Here we are on the gun, the number one guns.

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BRETT SEYMOUR

These three gun barrels extend out into the gloom of Pearl Harbor some 57 feet.

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These encrusted weapons were once capable of heaving a 1,500-pound projectile miles into the air.

SEYMOUR

The physical remains of the ship are still here. And along with those remains are artifacts on the decks all around us.

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Marine growth mixed with the Arizona's corrosion covers the ship like a blanket.

SEYMOUR

Here we have this water pitcher that's been here since the attack on December 7th.

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A fork... a bowl... a shoe... traces of life on board before the attack.

SEYMOUR

They stay on the decks, and they're preserved as a touchstone to the history and the events that happened here on December 7th.

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75 years after the attack, the National Park Service is about to board the Arizona once more.

MAN

Alright, Brett's good.

SEYMOUR

The interior investigation of Arizona really stems out of the Park Service's need to manage the site to figure out how long it's going to last. And the only way we can do that is through technology and figuring out if we can access some points deep in the ship.

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Researchers and divers prepare for a high-stakes expedition.

SCOTT PAWLOWSKI

The ship is a war grave. 1,177 men died. And many of them died right at the location that you're diving at and that you're looking at. Knowing that and seeing it up close underwater is really a moving experience. We get goose bumps, all of our divers do.

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Little is known about the condition of the Arizona's interior. The ship is now a naval cemetery, and no diver is allowed inside.