(CNN) — On the day the nation pays tribute to those who perished in the December 7, 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the USS Arizona memorial will honor the man who was the ship's oldest surviving officer.

The day-long schedule can be viewed via a livestream feed at pearlharborevents.com/live-stream

Joseph Langdell attended the 2011 Pearl Harbor memorial ceremony. Marco Garcia/AP/FILE

Langdell, who was an ensign at the time, wasn't on board when the attack took place at the naval base in Hawaii but rushed back to help rescue survivors and collect the remains of his fallen shipmates.

The USS Arizona battleship was bombed and sunk during Japan's surprise morning attack on Pearl Harbor that pulled the United States into World War II.

The remains of many of the 1,177 U.S. military personnel who died aboard the Arizona are still inside the submerged wreck. It was the greatest loss of life ever in an attack on a U.S. warship, the National Park Service says.

The memorial was dedicated in 1962.

As of two years ago some 2,000 to 2,500 Pearl Harbor survivors were believed to be still alive, according to Eileen Martinez, chief of interpretation for the USS Arizona Memorial

The USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, will be closed until at least June 4 after a dock to the memorial was damaged, the park service says. KHNL/KGMB reports

The USS Arizona Memorial site was closed May 27 for nine days after a dock at the memorial that sits atop the sunken ship was damaged in an accident. The National Park Service operates the memorial, part of the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument.

The damage that closed the site to visitors occurred when tugboats were "assisting" the USNS Mercy, an 894-foot-long hospital ship, navigate the harbor, the U.S. Navy Region Hawaii said in a Facebook post.