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| Above, the USS Arizona Memorial from the shoreline dock. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
Boat tours to the USS Arizona Memorial have been suspended until a shoreline dock is repaired and deemed safe for visitors to use.
Travel Weekly reported:
Boat tours of the USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor have been suspended as work is done to repair a dock at the site.
National Park Service staff were alerted to an issue with the shoreside dock on Dec. 12. After an assessment was completed, work to repair the dock began Dec. 15. Navy personnel decided to remove the damaged dock ramp via crane and repair it at an off-site facility, according to an NPS statement.
While the repairs are being completed, public programs via the U.S. Navy white boats to the USS Arizona Memorial have been suspended. After the dock is fixed, it will be reinstalled, and the Navy will conduct stress tests to ensure its safety.
Operations will resume when National Park Service personnel deem conditions safe enough for the white boats to use the shoreside dock, but a timeline has yet to be announced by the National Park Service.
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