The architect of the USS Oklahoma Memorial, Don Beck, was struggling with how to come up with a design. He was on Ford Island one day staring at the Oklahoma's mooring stone looking for inspiration.
A ship was coming into port with hundreds of sailors in dress whites lining the sides in respect to the Arizona and Oklahoma. They were "manning the rails."
Hence the idea of the white columns forming the shape of a ship.
From Dec. 8, 2007, Honolulu Star-Bulletin "Oklahoma gets memorial" by Gene Park.
You Always Wonder Where Ideas Come From-- Cooter
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