The National Park Service is resuming the normal day-prior reservation system for USS Arizona Memorial boat tours.

On Friday, Pacific Historic Parks announced that the NPS would resume the system and regular tours, which were put on hold as the Navy worked to remove World War II-era salvage platforms that were threatening the ship. Since July, tours had been limited and advance reservations suspended to allow removal work to proceed safely.

The Navy installed the two mooring platforms in 1942 to support efforts to salvage the battleship’s ammunition and armament for re-use to support the ongoing war effort. After more than 80 years since the original salvage, the platforms remained attached to the ship. But during a routine inspection on Oct. 26, 2023, park rangers reported one of the pl

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