Video by Chief Petty Officer Jose Jaen | Commander Navy Region Hawaii | 09.20.2025
JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii - A crane lifts a concrete segment of a USS Arizona mooring platform from Pearl Harbor as U.S. Navy contractors help guide it toward placement on a barge, Sept. 20, 2025. Members of Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit (MDSU) 1, advised by the U.S. Navy's Supervisor of Salvage and Diving and supported by locally contracted salvors, are extracting two World War......
Video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Tristan Labuguen | Commander Navy Region Hawaii | 09.10.2025
The U.S. Navy’s Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit (MDSU) 1, advised by the Navy Supervisor of Salvage and Diving and supported by locally contracted salvors, are using a diamond wire saw to carefully remove portions of USS Arizona mooring platform 1. The U.S. Navy is removing the Word War II-era platforms to aid in the preservation of the Pennsylvania-class battleship that sunk during the Dec.......
Video by Melvin J Gonzalvo | Commander Navy Region Hawaii | 09.09.2025
The U.S. Navy’s Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit (MDSU) 1, advised by the Navy Supervisor of Salvage and Diving and supported by locally contracted salvors, are using a diamond wire saw to carefully remove portions of USS Arizona mooring platform 1. The U.S. Navy is removing the Word War II-era platforms to aid in the preservation of the Pennsylvania-class battleship that sunk during the Dec.......
Video by Melvin J Gonzalvo | Commander Navy Region Hawaii | 08.29.2025
To preserve the USS Arizona Memorial, Navy Region Hawaii, through Task Force Arizona (TF Arizona) and in partnership with the Pearl Harbor National Memorial and Naval History and Heritage Command, expects to begin operations next week to remove two mooring platforms attached to the battleship’s hull. The Navy integrated environmental protection closely with development of the platform......
Video by Melvin J Gonzalvo | Commander Navy Region Hawaii | 08.22.2025
Soundbites of Lt. Cmdr. Nicolas Twisselman, Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit One (MDSU-1), discussing the Arizona Memorial Preservation Project. In the coming weeks, the U.S. Navy, working with the Pearl Harbor National Memorial and Naval History and Heritage Command, will begin an effort to conduct needed preservation to continue protecting USS Arizona. The work may impact some tour......
Video by Melvin J Gonzalvo | Commander Navy Region Hawaii | 08.22.2025
In the coming weeks, the U.S. Navy, working with the Pearl Harbor National Memorial and Naval History and Heritage Command, will begin an effort to conduct needed preservation to continue protecting USS Arizona. The work may impact some tour opportunities to the USS Arizona Memorial. We will remove two concrete platforms that were installed more than 80 years ago, when the U.S. Navy salvaged......
Video by Lance Cpl. Jose Villasenor | U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific | 04.04.2025
Retired U.S. Marine Corps Pfc. Walter LaSota, a veteran who fought during the invasion of Okinawa, visits the USS Arizona Memorial, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, April 4, 2025. Lasota’s visit offers a living connection to one of the bloodiest battles of World War II and the enduring legacy of the Marines who fought. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Jose Villasenor)...
Video by Staff Sgt. Elizabeth Taranto | DMA Pacific - Hawaii Media Bureau | 04.23.2024
PEARL HARBOR -- The National Parks Service and Pacific Fleet came together to pay tribute to Louis "Lou" Conter, the last USS Arizona survivor, who passed away April 1st , 2024, at 103-years-old. After surviving the attack on Pearl Harbor, Lou went on to serve throughout World War II, and later commissioned and became the Navy's very first SERE (survival evasion resistance and escape)......
