behind me is the barbet for tourit number three. the gun tourette sat on top of that. it's the most visible portion of the ship that comes out of the water. depending on the tide, portions of the ship will be exposed but this particular piece of wreckage is the largest. this plaque before me is the first plaque ever placed on the "uss arizona." and when they built the memorial, they made sure that admiral radford's plaque came here. it says, dedicated to the eternal memory of our gallant shipmates in the "uss arizona" who gave their lives in action 7 december 1941. this wayside exhibit shows the "uss arizona" as she was on the morning of december 7th. it gives you the entire length and her height. this shows you what the ship looked like from above. her main gun turets one, two three and four n over here the barbet we just showed you a few moments ago where gun turit number three was. this is the ship today. the red portion you see here are what is above water. you can see how the memorial stretches across the midships of the arizona. up forward you can see the deterio

over here you can see the barbet. this is the ship today. the red portions you see here are what is above water. you can see how the memorial stresses across the mid-ships of the arizona. you can see the deterioration of the ship from the explosion, and you see this turret almost intact, but not quite, because because she has dropped the 23 feet from her mounting three decks. it blew out this way. all of the smoothness is not as smooth as you think it might be. it is sand that has filled in the crevasses from this explosion. when the bombs struck, it landed right here. it lifted the ship nearly 50 feet out of the water, fracturing her completely around in this manner. she then settled down and sank within nine minutes. she now rests in 40 feet of water and 23 feet of mud. this ship was so badly damaged that she never served her country again. in many ways, she still does serve her country with the symbolism she evokes with the ship itself here and it's memorial. this portion of the uss arizona memorial is commonly referred to as the dedicati