FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, Hawaii ~ 08 DEC 2009

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Road Trip: Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, Hawaii

Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard is Hawaii's regional maintenance center for the U.S. Navy. Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard is located within the Pearl Harbor Naval Station complex, two miles southeast of the Honolulu International Airport.

Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard's primary mission is to provide regional maintenance, at the depot and intermediate levels, to keep the surface ships and submarines of our nation's Navy "Fit to Fight." As Hawaii’s regional maintenance center we provide excellence in environmentally responsible ship repair overhaul, conversion, alteration, refurbishment, defueling, refueling, and decommissioning of Navy vessels.

Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard finds its roots in the 1800s, as the world's navies explored and established ports throughout the Pacific Ocean. As early as 1820, the interest of the United States government in the Sandwich Islands followed the adventurous voyages of its whaling and trading ships in the Pacific.

When Hawaiian King Lunalilo died in 1873, negotiations were underway for the cessation of Pearl Harbor as a port for the exportation of sugar to the U.S. duty free. It was during the reign of King Kalakaua that the United States was granted exclusive rights to enter Pearl Harbor and to establish a coaling and repair station.

Congress passed an Act officially creating Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, Territory of Hawaii in May of 1908, and authorized nearly $3 million to help build it.

Learn More About The History Of Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard Here!

As the largest ship repair facility between the West Coast and the Far East, Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard plays a significant role in maintaining the Navy's capabilities.

The shipyard is situated on the southern shore of the island of Oahu. Five miles to the west lies downtown Honolulu.

More than 90 percent of the shipyard’s work is on submarines. The first Virginia-class nuclear attack submarine, the USS Hawaii, will be home-ported at Pearl Harbor this summer.

A $25.5 million construction project has broken ground at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, the first of 30 projects in a major modernization plan.

The Pentagon could spend up to $800 million on modernizing the shipyard over the next three decades to meet the needs of the Pacific Fleet.

Most of the shipyard’s structures were built between 1913 and 1945.

Learn More About Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard Here!

The USS Arizona is the final resting place for many of the ship's 1,177 crewmen who lost their lives on December 7, 1941. The USS Arizona Memorial grew out of wartime desire to establish some sort of memorial at Pearl Harbor to honor those who died in the attack.

 Suggestions for such a memorial began in 1943, but it wasn't until 1949, when the Territory of Hawaii established the Pacific War Memorial Commission, that the first real steps were taken to bring it about.

The 184-foot-long Memorial structure spanning the mid-portion of the sunken battleship consists of three main sections: the entry and assembly rooms; a central area designed for ceremonies and general observation; and the shrine room, where the names of those killed on the Arizona are engraved on the marble wall.

Visit USS Arizona Memorial Here

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[SandRat]

Salute!

[HopeandGlory]

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[Kathy in Alaska]

The computer lives for one more post.....!!

[laurenmarlowe]

United States Marine Corps Band ~ National Anthem

[laurenmarlowe]

ATLANTIC OCEAN (Dec. 5, 2009) An aircraft director communicates with flight deck control on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). Harry S. Truman is underway conducting carrier qualifications. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kilho Park/Released)

ATLANTIC OCEAN (Dec. 5, 2009) An F/A-18 from the Romans of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA 106) prepares to launch from the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). Harry S. Truman is underway conducting carrier qualifications. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kilho Park/Released)

NORTH ARABIAN SEA (Dec. 6, 2009) Lt. j.g. Kyle Terwilliger assigned to the Black Aces of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 41 briefs Maj. Gen. Stephen L. Hoog, Deputy Combined Force Air Component Commander, U.S. Central Command, on the F/A-18F Super Hornet aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class John Phillip Wagner Jr./Released)

[freedumb2003]

The computer lives for one more post.....!!

We can set up a prayer ring... ;)

[laurenmarlowe]

Evening Sand! WOO HOO!

FIRST!!

[laurenmarlowe]

Good evening and Thank You Hope!

SECOND!!

[mylife]

Ahhh...Comsubron One... Home away from home.

[smokingfrog]

Nice tribute!

[freedumb2003]

I remember visiting the Pearl Harbor memorial.

It broke my heart.

I also noticed that there were a LOT of Japanese people there.

Interesting.

God bless and keep all our service people, our allies and all their families.

And a special prayer for the souls of those who lost their lives in defense of our country, on Dec 7 and before and after.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, unique, for the road trippers!

Road Trip: Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, Hawaii

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[MarineBrat]

Aloha Nui Loa!

[laurenmarlowe]

Hi MA! *HUGS*

Yep, it's been behaving the last couple of days, go figure, LOL! It must have known that it is fixin' to get ditched! :o)

[laurenmarlowe]

Good evening to you freedumb2003!

THIRD!!

[laurenmarlowe]

Hey howdy my! It’s good to see you!

[laurenmarlowe]

Good evening smokingfrog, thanks for joining us this evening!

[SevenofNine]

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[laurenmarlowe]

I can imagine that visiting the Memorial is very moving.

"God bless and keep all our service people, our allies and all their families."

Amen!