Series: Ford Island Battleship Row Preservation

The bungalows and accompanying terrain of Ford Island and Battleship Row are considered a cultural landscape. Guided by research, evaluation, and recommendations in a Cultural Landscape Report, the NPS has begun a multi-year effort to preserve the site. This includes repairs to the fleet mooring quays of Battleship Row and propagation of historic plants.

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    Article 1: Ford Island CPO Bungalows Neighborhood and Battleship Row Cultural Landscape

    Tall trees, flowering shrubs, and short turf flank a paved walkway beside a single-story bungalow.

    The Ford Island CPO (Chief Petty Officer's) Bungalows Neighborhood and Battleship Row is a part of Pearl Harbor National Memorial in Hawai’i. The cultural landscape is a tangible reminder of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. It is also an early example of a twentieth-century U.S. Navy installation in the Pacific, beginning with development of the Pearl Harbor Naval Base in 1902. Read more

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    Article 2: Propagating History: How Plants Can Bring a Historical Landscape to Life

    Woman in hard hat in tree taking sample of plant specimen

    Working with Scientists in Parks, a program that partners early career scientists with projects in National Park units, Claire Kubacki began work on a plant program that will benefit the historic and cultural landscape of Pearl Harbor National Memorial. The goals of the project are to take cuttings of the historic trees and shrubs around the chief petty officer bungalows in order to propagate the very plants that stood witness to the attack on Pearl Harbor. Read more

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    Article 3: Silent Sentinels: Preserving the Mooring Quays of Pearl Harbor National Memorial

    Before and after image of cement mooring quay in harbor.

    The NPS has begun a multi-year effort to preserve the mooring quays of Pearl Harbor's Battleship Row and return them to their 1941 appearance. The quays were silent sentinels to the events of that day. During the chaos, they served as places of refuge for sailors and soldiers as they escaped the burning ships exploding around them. In 2023, the Historic Preservation Training Center completed a project on the first quay, F-6-N. Read more