USS Oklahoma (BB-37) Memorial — Attraction in Ford Island

This memorial is just outside the gate to the USS Missouri museum. You can visit before or after your visit to the battleship. I did it after and was in the waiting area for the shuttle bus to come pick us up to take us back to the visitor center when I visited it. It's a very short walking distance from the waiting area. Also, across the street are public restrooms. It's easy to overlook as this memorial isn't very well publicized unless you do your homework. I highly recommend visiting this memorial as these shouldn't be overlooked among the many memorials and monuments in this...

On the 66th Anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, a memorial for the 429 crew members who were killed in the attack was dedicated on Ford Island, just outside of the entrance of where the Battleship USS Missouri is docked. The USS Oklahoma memorial is an arrangement of engraved black granite walls and white marble posts. Not until visiting the Pearl Harbor National Memorial did I learn of how many total lives were lost on the USS Oklahoma, the one I always knew about was the Arizona because it was such a huge number. This is definitely worth a stop before or after going into the...

USS Arizona certainly had the greatest loss of lives, almost 1200, and maybe because of that it has the biggest memorial in all Pearl Harbor area. Imo, USS Oklahoma memorial, another destroyed ship with its servicemen is maybe smaller than it should be, like a second grade one. It consists of equal white marble columns with victim names inscribed on them. It's located by the spot where the shuttle bus leaves you for the USS Missouri and many people simply overlook it. From the whole bus only another couple and...