USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor

On the top of the Best Places To Visit in Hawaii is the USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor. It is in Honolulu, Hawaii, commemorates the events of December 7, 1941 and marks the resting place of 1,102 of the 1,177 sailors and Marines who died on board USS Arizona during the attack. The United States entered World War II as a result of the attack on Pearl Harbor.

More than two million people yearly visit the memorial, which was established in 1962. It is only reachable by boat and crosses the battleship's hull without touching it. The accompanying USS Arizona Memorial Visitor Center, which opened in 1980 and is run by the National Park Service, provides historical information on the assault, shuttle boats to and from the memorial, and other visitor amenities.

Alfred Preis, an architect in Honolulu, created the national memorial. Due to his Austrian ancestry, Preis was imprisoned on Sand Island at the onset of the war as an enemy of the nation. The monument had to be in the shape of a bridge that floated over the ship and could hold 200 people, according to the United States Navy.

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Address: 1 Arizona Memorial Pl, Honolulu, HI 96818, US
Phone: +1 808-422-3399
Website: https://www.pearlharborhistoricsites.org/