Comments by "ToughAncientSpark" (@freetolook3727) on "The Lost Battleships of Hawaii (How Pearl Harbor became a ship Graveyard)" video.

Unexpected Fact: My dad was at Hickham Field in Pearl Harbor when it was attacked. He said that as soon as they realized what was going on, they ran for the gun lockers. The gun lockers were locked which delayed the men from getting to the guns to shoot at Japanese airplanes. My dad until his dying days couldn't figure out why the gun lockers were locked that morning as they had never been locked before.
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As tragic as it was, the truth is that the Japanese screwed up did a lousy job militarily that day. - They did not damage or sink any carriers. - No oil supply or distribution facilities were destroyed. - Only 12 ships were knocked out of commission. There were more than 60 of strategic consequence. - The islands were not invaded. - The command and communication centers were not destroyed. -And, the Japanese stayed conservative by not launching a thrid wave attack. For all their planning, they really didn't end up with much.
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@Kenneth Stone Due to the fact that half the personnel killed that day were on that ship and a mass graveyard, the fact that the Arizona was beyond repair, the fact that raising the ship would take too much precious time and personnel that were needed elsewhere at the time and the political pressure to preserve it as a memorial, the decision was made to leave it there. After the attack, the Navy applied the triage method to the ships damaged or sunk. They needed ships and they needed them now, so the ships that needed the least amount of work got repaired first. As time went by and the Arizona being on the bottom of the list slowly became a memorial to that day and was not raised. Hope that helps.
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It was considered a sacred grave not to be disturbed.
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