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World War II-era submarine museum offering self-guided tours through the USS Bowfin and exhibits on undersea warfare and naval history.
General Information
Last admission at 4:30pm
Closed New Year’s Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas
Children (4–12): $12
Children under 4: Not permitted aboard the submarine
Military in uniform: Free
How to Get There
From Honolulu, HI (10 mi): Take H-1 W to the Pearl Harbor Visitor Center, then walk to the right of the entrance to reach the museum.
Overview
USS Bowfin is a World War II Balao-class submarine that has been open for tours since 1981 at the USS Bowfin Submarine Museum & Park in Pearl Harbor, next to the USS Arizona Memorial Visitor Center. Launched on December 7, 1942 and commissioned May 1, 1943, she is owned and operated by the Pacific Fleet Submarine Memorial Association.
What to See
- Submarine tour: explore the boat with an audio narration on life aboard during World War II.
- Museum: models, weapons, photographs, paintings, battle flags and recruiting posters on the U.S. Submarine Service, plus a memorial to the 52 American submarines and more than 3,500 submariners lost in the war.
- Outdoor display: a Kaiten torpedo, a 40-mm quad gun, and Poseidon C-3 and Regulus I missiles.
The park is within walking distance of the USS Arizona Memorial visitor center and across the harbor from the Battleship Missouri Memorial.
This article uses material from the Wikipedia article "USS Bowfin", which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0
