Why couldn’t they raise the USS Arizona?
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Firstly the hull of the Arizona is not structural. All the structural elements of the bow were damaged and the superstructure collapsed on top of it because it could not take the weight. If it were not for the fact that they hit bottom the entire bow and superstructure would detach from the ship and disperse over a big area. An attempt at raising the ship would cause this to happen. So you would end up with half a ship.
In addition most of the Arizona was scrapped in WWII to help support the war effort. All of the guns, turrets, superstructure and tons of components were salvaged to help repair and build new ships needed for the war effort and a lot of the metal was cut up for scrap. There is not much left of the Arizona after the war.
In addition to this the USS Arizona have been turned into a national monument and war grave. Raising the ship would destroy these. And you would not get much in return for destroying the national monument.
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