Ford Island

After we were finished touring the Bowfin, we headed to the bus stop. We boarded a bus to head on over to Ford Island to see the U.S.S Missouri and go to the air museum. Since Ford Island is an operating base you are not allowed to take pictures until you get across the bridge and to the Missouri so no picutres from that. We went to the Missouri first. Right in front of the entrance to the Missouri is the memorial for the U.S.S Oklahoma.













Wow look how big that is!









During our tour a sub went by.



Then some plane flew by.




This is the spot where formal surrender was signed.



The signed Surrender.















They had to store their stuff under the bed.







Lounge area.



Commanders Room.



Missouri with Arizona in background.





After we were done touring the Missouri we took the bus over to the Pacific Aviation Museum. It was cool but small and not what we expected. Any one recognize this tower? It has been in some big movies.











We had Richard stand by these torpedoes so you could try and get an idea of how huge they are. No wonder they did so much damage.













This was a chess set they had for sale in the gift shop. Notice how expensive it is?





We really enjoyed being able to visit all the sites at Pearl Harbor.

U.S.S Bowfin

So after we got done at the U.S.S Arizona we made our way over to the U.S.S. Bowfin which is one of the submarines. Before we went onto the Bowfin we stopped to look at some torpedoes, get a closer look at part of the submarine, and play with a big gun.







This is a Kaiten which is a one man Japanese suicide torpedo.



This is the conning tower and Periscopes of the Ex-USS Parche which was a sister ship to the Bowfin.









Richard is really just a big kid at heart isn't he?



Once I finally convinced Richard to get done from his post, we boarded the Bowfin.





This is where the torpedoes went.





The toilet.



I had a hard time getting over the ledge. I don't know how they run through these things.



Kitchen



Dining area



beds and the bags they stored there stuff in, not very much room.



gun









After the Bowfin we headed over to the Island. Stay tuned for the U.S.S Missouri and the air museum.