[HiJinx]

Okay, I know we're talking about Kaneohe (Bamboo Man) Bay for the field trip, but Ms. Lauren also posted my pic of the USS Bowfin and I have to go ahead and post some more of them. You can click each pic for a (much) larger image. Here we go...!

We'll start with my pic that looks almost exactly like the one Ms. Lauren found. Her pic has someone on the brow...that's the bridge to Ford Island in the background. You cross that to get to the Arizona Memorial.

Here's the Bowfin from the opposite side. If I were higher, you would see the USS Arizona and USS Missouri in the background.

Here's a shot of a mock-up of the Bowfin's control room with periscope and fire control systems. The panel on the near left is the (I believe) Torpedo Data Computer (TDC) used to calculate range, bearing, run time, and other data for the torpedo to ensure a hit. As you can see, it's very cramped in there!

The Bowfin Park has a working periscope set up on the grounds. This picture looks across the foredeck of the Bowfin (see the tourists?) and Pearl Harbor to the USS Missouri and USS Arizona Memorial. Behind the Arizona on Ford Island is the red and white striped control tower for the airfield. That tower is the original from December 7, and is prominent in the recent Pearl Harbor movie.

[BIGLOOK]

Aloha Jinxy!

We've been to Pearl a few times when my son was younger....before 2001. But had a real surprise when visiting my brother in Michigan.



USS Silversides was parked just across the channel where we fished.
Looks like you had a perfect day at Pearl.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Cool pics, HJ....I want to go back, was there many, many years ago, and see the new stuff. I would love to go thru the Bowfin, but I’m not sure I could manage without a clear and uncluttered way out.

[El Gran Salseron]

“Here’s a shot of a mock-up of the Bowfin’s control room with periscope and fire control systems. The panel on the near left is the (I believe) Torpedo Data Computer (TDC) used to calculate range, bearing, run time, and other data for the torpedo to ensure a hit. As you can see, it’s very cramped in there!”

You’re right, that is the TDC.

The conning tower, not the control room. The control room is below the conning tower. The conning tower is in the “sail” and if seen on a drawing it would look very much like a “rounded-edged” barrel.