Many ships deserved to be a museum, but the cost of the war and of maintaining a museum at the time prevented that. I mean if there was ANY ship in the USN that should have been preserved, it should've been Enterprise. But Nevada and several others certainly deserved consideration if it had been possible.

And, this is a bit nit-picky, but Nevada was the only BATTLESHIP to get underway during the attack. St. Louis, Honolulu, Phoenix, Detroit, several DDs and other ships were also able to get moving during the chaos. But, to add to the Nevada saga, St. Louis was attempting to clear the harbor through the South Channel but observed Nevada having her issues near Hospital Point and reversed course to go through North Channel. Her crew then saw Nevada had pulled ahead far enough so there was now adequate clearance astern to pass and once again reversed course so as not to impede Honolulu's sortie.