Along the edge of Pearl Harbor’s iconic Ford Island shoreline lie the Battleship Row Quays — silent sentinels of sacrifice that once moored the might of the U.S. Pacific Fleet. On the morning of December 7, 1941, these very quays anchored the battleships USS Arizona, California, Nevada, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Maryland, and West Virginia — vessels that came under ferocious attack in an assault that changed the course of world history.

Today, the quays still stand. But time has taken its toll.

Worn by the elements, stained with corrosion, and long overdue for repair, these historic structures are in critical need of restoration and preservation. Their deterioration threatens not only the physical condition of these artifacts — but the memory and honor of the brave sailors and Marines who fought and fell there.

Pacific Historic Parks, in collaboration with the National Park Service, is launching a $2.5 million campaign to fully restore, preserve, and interpret these quays for the more than 1.9 million annual visitors who walk these sacred grounds.

This is our chance to restore the physical foundation of Battleship Row — so that every visitor sees not decay, but dignity.