how big is the hole in the USS Arizona on its fuel tanks?

Answer 1

No one knows for sure, although it's likely a very small one. The surveys of the wreck undertaken by naval and park service divers over the years have never located the source of the leak, popularly known as "Arizona's tears".

Answer 2

The ship really does not have holes rather cracks and split seams. They are not very big where the fuel tanks are. The oil leaks out at a rate of about 2-3 drops every few minutes. The parks dept and the navy inspect the tanks often and actually make repairs as to keep them from rupturing too much at once. Close to a million gallons of fuel oil was onboard the day of the attack. It is said that the oil rising to the surface is the tears of the sailors entombed inside.

Answer 3

Not very big, only small drops of oil leak out. If you go to Pearl Harbor, you will not see a huge oil slick.

Divers from the Parks Service do periodically check the hull, as corrosion is slowly deteriorating the steel to a point of enivitable collapse.

As USS Arizona sank in shallow water, she leaks more oil than other ships. Bismarck, Titanic, or USS Yorktown were sunk in deeper waters, where pressure keeps the oil from leaking out.

>Con-range. Thanks, I forgot about that.

Answer 4

Diving is not permitted here, the hole prob is larger than when the ship went down due to stress, erosion, corrosion.


I should have said recreational diving not permitted

Answer 5

For wichitaor1:

The Titanic was a steam engined ship her boilers were fed by coal, so not much oil to leak out!!!