Pearl Harbor National Memorial (USS Arizona Memorial)

Pearl Harbor National Memorial Visitor Center

A Navy boat takes you out to the white memorial over a sunken battleship

⚠ No bags; book the Arizona slot

Hours

Visitor centre daily 7am–5pm (closed Thanksgiving, 25 Dec, 1 Jan); Arizona programmes 8am–3:30pm, about every 15 min

Tickets

Free; $1 booking fee per Arizona ticket on recreation.gov. Parking $7 a day. The Missouri and other museums charge separately

Address

The national memorial visitor centre on Pearl Harbor, west of Honolulu airport

A white memorial floats directly above the USS Arizona, sunk with 1,177 crew in the attack of 7 December 1941. After a short film, a Navy boat carries you across, and you look down at the rusting hull and the drops of oil that still rise from it. The visitor centre and galleries are free, so you can stop there, or make a full day of it with the Battleship Missouri and the aviation museum. It's a place to be quiet for a while, not a day out.