HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The U.S. Navy, in coordination with the Pearl Harbor National Memorial, will begin operations for the removal of two World War II-era mooring platforms from the USS Arizona, Wednesday.

This effort will help preserve and protect the USS Arizona and the memorial structure above, while also preventing harm to the environment.

After planning, analysis, preparation and training, divers from the U.S. Navy’s Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 1, advised by the Navy Supervisor of Salvage and Diving, and supported by locally contracted salvors, will start to carefully extract the aging concrete platforms from the Arizona’s hull.

“This salvage operation will help preserve the Arizona for generations to come and assist in the safety of the more than 1.7 million visitors the

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