USS Arizona Memorial

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The USS Arizona Memorial is a World War II monument in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, honoring the sailors and Marines who died aboard the battleship USS Arizona during the 1941 Japanese attack.


Statements (48)
Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II memorial
national memorial
tourist attraction
war memorial
annualEvent December 7 commemoration ceremony
architect Alfred Preis
builtOver wreck of USS Arizona
commemorates Marines who died in the attack on Pearl Harbor
USS Arizona
sailors who died in the attack on Pearl Harbor
commemoratesEvent Attack on Pearl Harbor
conflict World War II
country United States
dateOfAttackCommemorated 1941-12-07
dedicatedTo United States Marine Corps personnel
United States Navy personnel
governingBody U.S. Department of the Interior
hasApproximateLength about 184 feet
hasDesignation U.S. National Historic Landmark (via USS Arizona wreck)
U.S. National Memorial
hasFeature flagpole attached to original mast of USS Arizona
open-air design
shrine room with names of the fallen
viewing openings to the wreck below
hasSections assembly room
entry room
shrine room
locatedIn Hawaii
Honolulu
Oahu
Pearl Harbor
managedBy Pearl Harbor National Memorial
material concrete
steel
memorialType naval memorial
near Battleship Missouri Memorial
Ford Island
Pearl Harbor Visitor Center
opened 1962-05-30
operator National Park Service
ownedBy United States federal government
partOf World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument
spans sunken hull of USS Arizona
subjectOf Pearl Harbor remembrance ceremonies
symbolizes entry of the United States into World War II
sacrifice of U.S. service members in Pearl Harbor
visitorAccess by boat only
yearCompleted 1962


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