USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Pearl Harbor National Memorial is now comprised of the USS Arizona, USS Oklahoma, and USS Utah Memorials, in addition to the six officer bungalows, three mooring quays, and the Pearl Harbor Visitor Center. The Pearl Harbor National Memorial is located adjacent to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -Named in honor of the 48th state, she was the second and last ship in the Pennsylvania class. After being commissioned in 1916, Arizona remained stateside during World War I but escorted President Woodrow Wilson to the subsequent Paris Peace Conference.

Detailed explanation-4: -The USS Arizona Memorial has come to commemorate all military personnel killed in the Pearl Harbor attack.