There were no plans to salvage Arizona. The magazine explosion that sank her left the hull too mangled to repair, or for easy raising. It was thought that it would not be cost-effective to raise her, and that it would take too long to repair her. However, parts of her would still be useful to the war effort. Her remaining superstructure was removed and scrapped. The two after turrets were removed, and emplaced as coastal batteries for the defence of Hawaii.