Pearl Harbor

Pearl Harbor, maritime base and home office of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, Honolulu district, southern Oahu Island, Hawaii, U.S. Amid the Pearl Harbor Attack in 1941 the USS Arizona sank with lost in excess of 1,100 men; a white cement and steel structure now traverses the body of the submerged ship, which was devoted as a national remembrance on May 30, 1962. Introduce offices at Pearl Harbor incorporate a maritime shipyard, supply focus, and submarine base. The maritime supply focus is on Pearl City Peninsula. Pearl Harbor Entrance is limited on the east by Hickam Air Force Base and on the west by a maritime reservation. Amid the Korean and Vietnam wars the harbor complex was an arranging territory for powers and gear headed for the battle zones.