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Interment ceremony on USS Arizona B-Roll

DMA Pacific - Hawaii Media Bureau

Dec. 7, 2016 | 3:03

The interment ceremony, which takes place at the USS Arizona Memorial, is unique to the U.S. Navy in that the USS Arizona is the only ship that returns the cremated remains of a survivor who found himself aboard that ship on Dec. 7, 1941. Nearly 80 percent of the crew was wiped out when the forward magazines exploded and the ship then foundered in less than nine minutes. This special service invites the family members to participate in the ceremony in which the urn of the survivor is placed in the well of turret No. 4 by National Park Service and Navy divers. This year will be the first time in which two interments -- for John Anderson (Boatswain’s Mate, Second Class) and Clarendon Hetrick (Seaman, First Class) -- will take place. Their families, along with invited guests and dignitaries, will witness this rare commemoration honoring their service and dedication to the U.S. Navy and the battleship Arizona. (Video courtesy of Raycom Media.)