I-National Park Service (NPS) ilindele ukuthi iphrojekthi yokulungisa idokodo le-USS Arizona Memorial ibe isiqediwe ngoMashi 2019, okuvumela isivakashi ukufinyelela esikhumbuzweni ukuthi siqale kabusha.
Isigaba sokuklama salo msebenzi sisanda kuqedwa, okuvumela ukwakhiwa komugqa wesikhathi onembe kakhulu wenqubo yokulungisa. Ngeshwa, ngeke iqedwe ngesikhathi seNational Pearl Harbour Remembrance Day ngoDisemba 7. Kusukela ngoMeyi, i-NPS isebenze nabalingani bayo e-US Navy kanye ne-US Air Force ukuqinisekisa ukuthi ukulungiswa kwenziwa ngokushesha ngangokunokwenzeka ngokucatshangelwa okukhethekile. ngokubaluleka kuzwelonke kwalesi siza.
"Ukungakwazi ukwamukela abasindile kanye nemindeni yabo e-USS Arizona Memorial kulo Disemba 7 ozayo kuyadabukisa," kusho uJacqueline Ashwell, unsumpa we-WWII Valor ePacific National Monument, owengamele lesi sikhumbuzo. “Ngemuva kokuhlola izinketho eziningi, sisebenza nabangane bethu eMbuthweni Wezempi Wasemanzini waseMelika ukuze sibambe umcimbi wokusondelana emkhunjini oseduze ne-USS Arizona. I-Navy ibilokhu ibambisene nathi ngaso sonke isikhathi, futhi angikwazanga ukubonga ukwesekwa kwayo.”
Umcimbi osuselwe esikebheni uzobandakanya inkokhiso yezimbali futhi uzovumela abasindile, imindeni yabo, nezinye izicukuthwane ezibalulekile ukuthi zihloniphe abashonile e-USS Arizona. Lo mcimbi okhethekile uzokwengeza emcimbini wokukhumbula umhlaba wonke ozoba sePearl Harbour Visitor Centre.
Ukufinyelela e-USS Arizona Memorial kwamiswa ngoMeyi 6 lapho umonakalo omncane ongaphandle kwesakhiwo ubonakala endaweni eyinhloko yokungena. Ukuhlola okuphelele kwembula ukuthi umonakalo udalwe ukwehluleka kwesimiso sokunamathisela isikebhe esikhumulweni semikhumbi esiseduze ne-USS Arizona Memorial. Lokhu kwabeka ingcindezi enkulu ebhulohweni elilayishayo elihlinzeka ngomzila wamanzi angaphezu kwamanzi ezivakashini ezisuka esikhumulweni sesikebhe ziya e-USS Arizona Memorial. Ukufinyelela kwancishiswa ngokushesha ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukuphepha kwezivakashi nokuvimbela umonakalo owengeziwe esikhumbuzweni.
U-Ashwall uphinde wathi, “Sizibophezele ekubuyiseleni ukufinyelela esikhumbuzweni ngokushesha ngangokunokwenzeka kuzo zonke izivakashi, futhi kuzohlala kuseqhulwini kulo lonke leli sayithi kanye ne-National Park Service. Sifinyeze le phrojekthi esikhathini esifushane kakhulu esidingekayo ngenkathi sisebenzisa izixazululo ezizoqinisekisa ukuthi inkinga efanayo ayiphinde yenzeke. Siyakwazisa ukubekezela okuqhubekayo komphakathi njengoba sisebenzela ukuqedela inqubo futhi sibuyisele ukufinyelela e-USS Arizona Memorial.”
Ngenkathi inqubo yokulungisa isaqhubeka, izivakashi zizoqhubeka nokubona ifilimu eyidokhumentari yemizuzu engu-25 elandelwa uhambo lwasethekwini lwe-Battleship Row emikhunjini ye-US Navy edlula eduze ngangokunokwenzeka e-USS Arizona Memorial. I-NPS izoqhubeka nokunikeza ukuphawula okubukhoma noma okurekhodiwe ngomzamo wokwandisa ulwazi lwesivakashi. Ukubhukha kuyakhuthazwa, njengoba amathikithi alezi zinhlelo eqhubeka nokusatshalaliswa ngokugcwele usuku ngalunye.
Zonke ezinye izinsiza e-Pearl Harbour Visitor Centre zihlala zivulekile futhi zifinyeleleka. Izivakashi zikhuthazwa ukuthi zivakashele iminyuziyamu yethu emibili yamahhala, imibukiso eseceleni kogu, isitolo sokudla okulula kanye nesitolo sezincwadi. Ozakwethu e-Battleship Missouri Memorial, i-USS Bowfin Submarine Museum & Park, kanye ne-Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum bahlala bevulekile futhi belungele ukwamukela izivakashi.
