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.