Thoughts for the day -- Pearl Harbor

deepdraft1
Thu, 07 Dec 2006 18:07:38 +0000

Besides the landfill problem at the visitors center a more critical issue may be dealing with the ships leaking bunker fuel oil. The following is an excerpt from a recent National Park Service report entitled the Long-Term Management Strategies for USS Arizona.

“USS Arizona apparently contains several hundred thousand gallons of Bunker C fuel oil, which has been slowly escaping since its loss in 1941. This oil, a potentially serious environmental hazard, is contained within the corroding hull. Catastrophic oil release, although by all indications not imminent, is ultimately inevitable.”