Areas of Responsibility
The National Park Service has operated the USS Arizona Memorial since 1980, maintained the USS Oklahoma Memorial since 2007, and maintained the USS Utah Memorial since 2008.
All three memorials were incorporated into the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument in 2008, which also included six mooring quays along Battleship Row, six historic Chief Petty Officer bungalows on Ford Island, and the Pearl Harbor Visitor Center. Other units of the monument were the Aleutian Islands of Kiska, Atka, and Attu, managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Another unit was co-managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Park Service in Tule Lake, California. These other units preserve the history of the Pacific War in the northern Pacific and Japanese American internment. In February 2015, the monument was given responsibility to oversee the development of the Honouliuli National Historic Site, the 155-acre site of Hawaii's largest and longest operating internment camp during World War II.
In April 2019, the National Park Service announced the redesignation of World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument to the Pearl Harbor National Memorial. This provision was passed as part of the John D. Dingell Jr. Conservation, Management and Recreation Act, which passed both houses of Congress in February and was signed into law on March 12, 2019 by President Donald Trump. The Pearl Harbor National Memorial is now comprised of the USS Arizona, USS Oklahoma, and USS Utah Memorials, in addition to the six officer bungalows, three mooring quays, and the Pearl Harbor Visitor Center. The Pearl Harbor National Memorial is located adjacent to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam.
The National Park Service is committed to preserving and interpreting both the tangible and intangible historical resources and the memories, attitudes, and traditions associated with the December 7, 1941 attack and the Pacific War.