Corrosion Studies on the USS Arizona with Application to a Japanese Midget Submarine

Authors

• Brent M. Wilson, University of Nebraska - LincolnFollow
• Donald L. Johnson, University of Nebraska - LincolnFollow
• Hans VanTilburg, NOAA National Marine Sanctuary
• Matthew A. Russell, National Park Service, Submerged Resources Center
• Larry E. Murphy, National Park Service, Submerged Resources Center
• James D. Carr, University of Nebraska - LincolnFollow
• Robert J. De Angelis, University of Florida
• David L. Conlin, National Park Service, Submerged Resources Center

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

2007

Citation

JOM 59:10 (2007), pp. 14-18

Comments

This document is a U.S. government work and is not subject to copyright in the United States.

Abstract

The assessment of corrosion on the USS Arizona included the pioneering development of a minimum-impact cost-effective technique to determine the corrosion rate of steel-hulled shipwrecks in seawater. The technique, with potential application worldwide, is illustrated in this paper with the application to a World War II Japanese midget submarine submerged in deep waters off the Oahu, Hawaii, coast.