High-angle starboard bow view of the Ex-US Navy (USN) decommissioned Balao Class Submarine USS BOWFIN (SS 287) as it sits in dry dock during a restoration project at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (HI). The BOWFIN, a World War Two (WWII) Submarine, has served as a floating museum for over 23 years, and is moored next to the USS ARIZONA Memorial Visitor's Center. Known as the "Pearl Harbor Avenger," BOWFIN was launched one year to the day after Dec. 7, 1941 and was credited with sinking 44 enemy ships during the course of her nine extraordinary war patrols
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Pearl Harbor
State: Hawaii (HI)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: Josn Ryan C. Mcgin, Usn
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
1941
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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