USS Bowfin to reopen at Pearl Harbor
The World War II fleet submarine USS Bowfin will reopen to the public at Pearl Harbor after returning from dry-dock maintenance.
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The World War II fleet submarine USS Bowfin will reopen to the public at Pearl Harbor after returning from dry-dock maintenance.
The USS Bowfin will be towed from Pearl Harbor for scheduled maintenance and repair work, which is conducted every 15 to 20 years to maintain the integrity of its hull.
By WILLIAM COLE | The Honolulu Star-Advertiser | Published: February 17, 2021 HONOLULU (Tribune News Service) — A $20 million, 12,000-square-foot USS Bowfin submarine museum opened Monday with a new name and striking look that charts the course of Navy undersea duty, from the loss of the USS F-4's 21 hands off Honolulu in 1915 up through the newest $6.5 billion Columbia-class ballistic missile submarines. The first thing museumgoers see — and walk through — is a mammoth 43-foot-diameter ring that replicates the hull dimension of the new Columbia class, the largest submarines ever buil...