USS Bowfin and USS Missouri

Some photos from our visit to Pearl Harbor. This is the really cool side...so much well thought out engineering and a rare glimpse into what it must have been like to live on these things. We missed the last boat of the day out to the USS Arizona so didn't have a chance to see the somber side...a shame.

Submarine Warfare Insignia or "Dolphins"

Torpedo. Unsure if it belongs to the Bowfin.

Crazy copper tubing along the ceiling. I was so busy snapping photos that what was being said on the audio tour was lost on me in this room so I have no idea what these are for. My best guess is to control ballast.

Valves - USS Bowfin SS-287

Main Engine Control Cabinet - USS Bowfin

Aft torpedo room - USS Bowfin

Why am I posting a photo of a cook's scale? Well, to give you an idea of the importance of food on board a sub. The food must be good and to be good needs a proper scale even though it takes up a lot of very precious space onboard. From what I could tell, this scale probably took up about as much space as a crew member would have to store their things.

Aft deck gun - USS Bowfin. Note the USS Missouri and USS Arizona memorial in the distance.

Forward gun - USS Bowfin

An empty shell casing on board the USS Missouri BB-63. The Iowa-class battleships all had 16 inch guns as their primary armament. These were the largest naval guns the US ever used and probably will ever use. The distinction of largest naval artillery fitted to a ship of any country were the two Japanese Yamato-class battleships, Yamato and Musashi. Both ships had 18.1 inch guns.

Yep a flower. No idea what kind. It's peaceful around Pearl Harbor these days.