USS Bowfin

Local nameUSS Bowfin
LocationAiea, Hawaii, United States

USS Bowfin, is a Balao-class submarine 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 & Park in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, next to the USS Arizona Memorial Visitor Center.

Bowfin was laid down by the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard at Kittery, Maine, on 23 July 1942, and launched on 7 December 1942 by Mrs. Jane Gawne, wife of Captain James Gawne, and commissioned on 1 May 1943, Commander Joseph H. Willingham in command.

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More information and contact

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Bowfin_(SS-287)

Official Website https://www.bowfin.org/

Address United States

Coordinates 21°22'7.395" N -157°56'21.989" E

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