Overview

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USS Bowfin (SS-287) is a fleet attack submarine that fought in the Pacific during WWII and helped to make famous the term, "Silent Service." Bowfin was launched on Dec. 7, 1942, exactly one year to the day after the attack on Pearl Harbor. She was nicknamed the Pearl Harbor Avenger, so it is fitting that she is permanently homeported at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. USS Bowfin was a boat of the United States Navy named for the bowfin fish. Since 1981, she has been open to public tours at the USS Bowfin Submarine Museum and Park in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, next to the USS Arizona Memorial Visitor Center.

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Fees: Admission

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Links: www.nps.gov
www.bowfin.org/

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Location

Closest City or Region: World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument

Coordinates: 21.368750, -157.939435

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June 7, 2018 Trip Report

By Jeremy Dye

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Jeremy Dye, Tara Dye,

Story

We visited Pearl Harbor on June 7th. We tried to get a tour on the USS Arizona early in the morning, but they didn't have any open spots until 11:00, so we had a lazy morning at our Airbnb. We got there shortly before our scheduled time, but we had a hard time finding where to go, so we ended up about 20 minutes late to our tour. Luckily there was some space on the next tour, so we still got to go. Unfortunately, there was a structural crack on the loading ramp of the memorial, so our program consisted of watching the film and then taking the boat past the memorial but not stopping there.

Back on shore, we wandered past the interpretive wayside exhibits then headed over to the USS Bowfin submarine tour and museum. We really liked the submarine audio tour, and the museum was fun as well.

We weren't able to stick around any longer because we were already late for the Polynesian Cultural Center.

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