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Oahu
Sunday 23 November 03
Pearl Harbor
USS Arizona Memorial
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| Most of the ships that were destroyed at Pearl Harbor were named for states. One the right are the state flags of those states.
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 | The bell from the USS Arizona
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| A mural of the Arizona
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 | The memorial, as seen from the Visitors Center. The memorial is a walkway built over the sunken Arizona.
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 | A map of the naval station at Pearl Harbor
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| Hard to read, but this is a map showing the progress of the Japanese attack fleet towards Pearl Harbor
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 | Sparrows looking for food. If you sit still enough long enough, the birds will jump into your hand.
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| Oahu, seen from the boat to the memorial.
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 | Markers where other boats were moored when the attack hit.
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| The memorial, seen from the boat.
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 | One of the gun turrets sticks up over the water
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| The Arizona was hit by a special torpedo designed to penetrate the thick sturdy hull.
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 | The torpedo hit the armaments store, which exploded, sank the ship in minutes, and burned out of control for 3 days.
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| During the war, priority was given to ships that could be salvaged and returned to duty;
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 | The Arizona was declared to be a total loss, and was not recovered.
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| The ship still sits underwater, exactly where it sank. The ship is now recognized as a graveyard and will not be surfaced.
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 | The ship is undisturbed except for studies regarding how well the ship can be preserved for the future, and environmental studies.
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| The bodies of the men killed on the Arizona are still in the ship under water;
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 | About a dozen men who survived the attack are also buried here.
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| A side view of the Arizona when it was in service...
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 | ...and a matching top view of the boat today.
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| Pearl Harbor is still a major US Naval facility.
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 | Somewhat ironic, oil leaking from the ship produces a neat little rainbow effect in the water.
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USS Bowfin Submarine Museum
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| Polaris A-3 (front) and A-1 (rear) submiarine-launched ballistic missiles
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 | Mark 14 steam-driven torpedo
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| The USS Bowfin was launched on 7 December 1942, one year after the attack on Pearl Harbor,
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 | Tomahawk Cruise Missile
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| 3"/50 submarine deck gun.
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 | 40mm Quad Gun
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| Harpoon Missile
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 | Michelle looks through a submarine periscope at the USS Arizone Memorial...
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| ...which you couldn't normally see from here, because the Bowfin blocks the view.
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 | Looking through the periscope at the Arizona
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| Michelle sits in a Conning Tower, which was the command center for steering the submarine and firing torpedoes.
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 | The forward torpedo room of the Bowfin...
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| ...was also the sleeping quarters for 6 seamen.
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 | Officers quarters. 3 men to a room only twice as large as the bunks it holds.
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| The captain has private quarters with readouts for instant access to information about the ship.
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 | All of the officers shared a bathroom and shower.
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| The control room.
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 | Vent panel, showing if each vent is open or closed.
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| Readouts of pressure, temperature, depth, speed, and more
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 | Master radio.
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| Enlisted men's quarters. When the Bowfin was in service, 87 men shared this room. Each bunk was shared by 3 men, one per shift.
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 | They all shared a bathroom.
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| These generators don't power the ship. The power the batteries that power the ship.
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 | Michelle sits at the deck gun of the Bowfin...
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| ...but nobody is attacking at the moment.
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