USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -During the Pearl Harbor Attack in 1941 the USS Arizona sank with a loss of more than 1, 100 men; a white concrete and steel structure now spans the hull of the sunken ship, which was dedicated as a national memorial on May 30, 1962.

Detailed explanation-2: -The USS Arizona still rests at the bottom of the harbor and is now part of the USS Arizona Memorial. The ship and all of her crew are memorialized at the University of Arizona Mall.

Detailed explanation-3: -Parking is free for all visitors. The USS Arizona Memorial is built over the remains of the sunken battleship USS Arizona, the final resting place for many of the 1, 177 crewmen killed on December 7, 1941, when their ship was bombed by Japanese Naval Forces.

Detailed explanation-4: -The USS Arizona is the resting place to hundreds of sailors. The Navy decided to leave them and the ship there after an inspection a few months after the attack. It was determined that there was so much damage that the ship was a total loss and could not be salvaged.

Detailed explanation-5: -The USS Arizona Memorial, at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii, marks the resting place of 1, 102 of the 1, 177 sailors and Marines killed on USS Arizona during the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, and commemorates the events of that day.