Pearl City 235 home to the USS Arizona Memorial, the mostly open-air Pearl Harbor Visitor Center and the USS Oklahoma and USS Utah Memorials on Ford Island. The memorial is a “place of remembrance and contemplation of the nature of war and the sacrifices of those who lost their lived during the Pacific War.” Entry to the Pearl Harbor National Memorial is free; however, reservation tickets via recreation.gov must be made beforehand for the USS Arizona Memorial and Ford Island Bus Tour (to see the USS Oklahoma and USS Utah Memorials without an active-duty military ID). Reservations are released daily at 3 p.m. HST in two windows: 24-hours and 8weeks in advance. The Battleship Missouri Memorial (ussmissouri.org), Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum (pearlharboraviationmuseum.org) and The Pacific Fleet Submarine Museum (bowfin.org) are also interactive, informative destinations on Pearl Harbor, which are operated by non-profit organizations. Admission tickets are required, many which can be purchased at entry; more information can be found on their respective websites. Ask about military discounts! If you want to devote a full day to explore this multifaceted attraction that normally sees over a million visitors annually, purchase a Passport to Pearl Harbor Tour at pearlharborhistoricsites.org. Passport to Pearl Harbor Tours includes the following: Visitor Center audio tour, Pearl Harbor virtual reality center, Battleship Missouri Memorial admission, Pacific Fleet Submarine Museum admission and self-guided narrated tour, and Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum admission and self-guided narrated tour. Ask about the military price! Note that passports do not include reservations for the USS Arizona Memorial, which must be made at recreation.gov If you prefer a private tour, Pearl Harbor Oahu (PearlHarborOahu.com) offers a selection of guided excursions that handle all logistics for visiting Oahu’s top historic and military destinations. Other tour operators include Roberts Hawaii (RobertsHawaii.com), Polynesian Adventure (PolyAd.com) and Royal Star Hawaii (RoyalStarHawaii.com). The USS Missouri is also known as “Mighty Mo.”
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