HONOLULU — The National Park Service says it is working as fast as possible to reopen access to the USS Arizona Memorial after cracks were discovered last month on the floating concrete pier near the metal access ramp.
HONOLULU — The National Park Service says it is working as fast as possible to reopen access to the USS Arizona Memorial after cracks were discovered last month on the floating concrete pier near the metal access ramp.
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reports visitors to the memorial at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu are taken on a 15-minute narrated tour of Battleship Row instead of the usual docking.
Boat transportation to the pier was suspended in early May following the discovery of the cracks.
Jay Blount, a spokesman for the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument, says the cracks were minor and the memorial is structurally sound.
Officials say the pier shifted nearly 3 feet (1 meter) away from the memorial, pulling on the ramp and damaging an attachment bolt.
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Information from: Honolulu Star-Advertiser, http://www.staradvertiser.com
