Overview

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The park's museum features exhibits and artifacts about submarines and the history of the United States Submarine Service, including detailed models, weapon systems, photographs, paintings, battleflags, recruiting posters, and a memorial honoring the 52 American submarines and the more than 3,500 submariners lost during World War II. The museum's other exhibits include a Kaiten torpedo and a 40-mm quad gun, along with Poseidon C-3 and Regulus I missiles.

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Fees: Entrance Fee

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

Getting There

Navigate to 21.368681, -157.938720.

Location

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

Coordinates: 21.368681, -157.938720

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June 7, 2018 Trip Report

By Jeremy Dye

Trip Members

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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