Archeologists Return to USS ARIZONA
Daily Updates from Pearl Harbor Beginning November 1

Website: http://www.pastfoundation.org/Arizona/

Beginning November 1, 2004, archeologists from the Submerged Resources
Center of the U.S. National Park Service will conduct a three-week
investigation of the wreck of USS ARIZONA, the American battleship sunk
in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, in 1941. Using
nondestructive techniques, the team will conduct tests to determine the
structural integrity of the ship, record in detail its current state for
comparison with earlier surveys, and collect environmental data in the
interior of the ship using remotely-operated vehicles (ROVs). Because
the ship is considered a war grave, divers will not enter the interior
spaces of the vessel.

Daily updates on the team's activities will be posted to the project
website at http://www.pastfoundation.org/Arizona/. Updates can also be
accessed through the NPS Submerged Resources Center's homepage at
http://www.nps.gov/submerged. The website, which was developed in
partnership with the PAST Foundation, includes detailed histories of the
two remaining U.S. battleships sunk at Pearl Harbor, USS ARIZONA and USS
UTAH, as well as background material on Pearl Harbor and the USS ARIZONA
Memorial, 60MB of video clips of the wreck, biographical sketches of the
project team, suggested reading lists for kids and adults, and links to
educational materials available elsewhere on the Web.

The PAST Foundation is a nonprofit organization that builds links
between working archeologists, students and the public through
educational opportunities, curriculum modules and multimedia programming.

Additional Links:
USS ARIZONA Memorial: http://www.nps.gov/usar/
ARIZONA Memorial Museum Association: http://arizonamemorial.org/
PAST Foundation: http://www.pastfoundation.org/