This Sacred Site

This memorial honors the fallen crew of USS Arizona and all who died in the attack on December 7, 1941, at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The remains of more than 900 Arizona crewmen rest within the sunken battleship, and the Shrine Room displays the names of the 1,177 Arizona crewmen lost in the attack, along with a list honoring Arizona survivors whose ashes have been placed with their shipmates in the waters below. Authorized by Public Law 87-201 and approved on March 15, 1958, with further appropriation approved on September 6, 1961, the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial was built with appropriated funds, private contributions from Americans across the United States, and a donation from the State of Hawaii. Dedicated on Memorial Day 1962, it stands as a war memorial of the Pacific in honor of members of the Armed Forces of the United States who gave their lives during the attack on Pearl Harbor, including 2,341 honored dead: 228 from the U.S. Army, 2,004 from the U.S. Navy, and 109 from the U.S. Marine Corps.

Pearl City, Hawaii · United States