 Soon after the attack on Pearl Harbor , it was decided that the USS Arizona would remain at the bottom of the harbor as the final resting place for those lost . In 1958 , President Dwight D. Eisenhower approved the construction of a memorial over the vessel and the USS Arizona memorial was dedicated in 1962 . It includes a complex at Halawa Landing ( opposite Ford Island ) and a structure over the Arizona which receives visitors by ferry . Although the ferries are operated by US Navy personnel , the complex is staffed by the National Park Service . 
