USS Bowfin (SS-287) Submarine/Museum Video Tour Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

USS Bowfin (SS/AGSS-287), a Balao-class submarine, was a boat of the United States Navy named for the bowfin fish. Since 1981, she has been open to public tours at the USS Bowfin Submarine Museum and Park in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, next to the USS Arizona Memorial Visitor Center. The submarine is owned and operated by the Pacific Fleet Submarine Memorial Association, and is now part of the USS Bowfin Submarine Museum & Park in Pearl Harbor, on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. Visitors can tour the submarine with an audio narration of life in the vessel during World War II. The park's museum features exhibits and artifacts about submarines and the history of the United States Submarine Service, including detailed models, weapon systems, photographs, paintings, battleflags, recruiting posters, and a memorial honoring the 52 American submarines and the more than 3,500 submariners lost during World War II. The museum's other exhibits include a Kaiten torpedo and a 40-mm quad gun, along with Poseidon C-3 and Regulus I missiles. The park is located within walking distance of the visitor center for the USS Arizona Memorial, and the Battleship Missouri Memorial. ►►CLASS: Balao ►►CONSTRUCTED: Portsmouth Navy Yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire (actually located in Kittery, Maine) ►►KEEL LAID: 23 July 1942 ►►LAUNCHED: 7 December 1942, hence her nickname, "The Pearl Harbor Avenger" ►►SPONSOR: Mrs. Jane Gawne, wife of CAPT James Orville Gawne, USN ►►COMMISSIONED: 1 May 1943 ►►COMPLEMENT: Originally 70 men (7 officers & 63 enlisted), later increased to 80 men (8 officers & 72 enlisted) ►►DISPLACEMENT: 1,810 tons (diving trim); 2,415 tons (submerged) ►►LENGTH: 311 feet 9 13/16 inches ►►MAXIMUM BEAM: 27 feet 3 inches ►►MEAN DRAFT: 15 feet 3 inches (diving trim) ►►FREEBOARD: 12 feet 5 inches @ bow (diving trim) 3 feet 11 inches @ stern (diving trim) ►►PRESSURE HULL MAXIMUM DIAMETER: 16 feet 3/8 inch ►►TORPEDO TUBES: 6 bow and 4 stern (MK 39) ►►TORPEDOES: 24 total (14 in reload racks) -- MK 14-3A, MK 18, MK 23, and MK 27 GUNS: Originally, one 4 inch 50-caliber (MK 12) and two 20 mms (MK 5). Finally, one 5 inch 25-caliber (MK 40), one 40 mm (MK 3) and one 20 mm (MK 10). ►►MAIN ENGINES: Four General Motors Model 16-278A diesel; 16 cylinder V-type, 2-cycle, 8 3/4 bore x 10 1/2 stroke; 1,600 BHP developed @ 750 RPM (stbd. RH rotation, port LH rotation). ►►MAIN GENERATORS: Four General Electric 1,100 kw; 2,650 amps/415 volts (propulsion rating); 3,600 amps/296 volts (battery charging rating). ►►MAIN MOTORS: Four General Electric 1,375 HP; two-wire, direct-current, compensated compound/shunt, series and commutating field windings. ►►GEARS: Combining and reduction type/reverse by reversing input. 2 -- 1,375 HP @ 1,300 RPM inputs 1 -- 2,740 HP @ 280 RPM output ►►BATTERIES: Two 126-cell Exide type ►►SHAFT HORSEPOWER: 5,480 ►►MAXIMUM SPEED: 20.25 knots surface speed; 8.75 knots submerged speed ►►PROPELLERS: Two four-bladed, 8 foot diameter ►►RUDDER: One balanced streamlined type. Train limits 38 degrees to port and starboard. ►►FUEL OIL CAPACITY 54,000 gallons normal; 116,000 gallons maximum