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Pearl Harbor: You must see the entrance Hall at Visitor's Center
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  • By Waalewiener on March 13, 2003
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  • Entrance Hall with oil Painting Arizona. - Honolulu
    Entrance Hall with oil
    Painting Arizona.
    by Waalewiener
    A 16 by 50 feet oil painting on the back wall of this information center was painted by
    John Charles Roach. There is an information desk and this Visitors center was completed in 1980 and a combination of private funds an government funding was
    used to pay for it. Branch 46 of the Fleet Reserve Association raised the private funds.

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  • Phone: 808-422-0561or 808-422-2771
  • Directions: To get here take state Highway 99, or Kamahameha Highway it is about 45 minutes west of Waikiki.
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    Pearl Harbor: Battle Ship Missouri Memorial.
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  • The Missourri. - Honolulu
    The Missourri.
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    The Missouri was in service for 5 decades and was retired in 1999.The '' Mighty Moe ''
    as the ship is nicknamed is now a tourist attraction and has had over one million visitors over the last two and a half years.
    The Missouri is 887 feet long and has served in WW2 , the Korean War and in the Persian Gulf War.On this tour you can see how the sailors lived on the Ship and you can see the deck were the Surrender papers were signed with General douglas Mac Arthur accepting the Surrender on September 2 1945.

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    Pearl Harbor: A Museum Dedicated to Submarines
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  • Bowfin Submarine(Museum) - Honolulu
    Bowfin Submarine(Museum)
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    The U.S.S, Bowfin is a refurbished WW2 Era Submarine,that actually saw several years of War Service, right after its commisionning in 1942. A tour of this Sub will show the cramped but exciting life of a submariner.
    The museum offers a big collection of sub-related artifacts.including paintings posters , submarine models etc.
    The hours of the Museum & Bowfin Park are 8 am-5 pm, last tour at 4.30 pm.

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  • Phone: 808 -423-1341
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    Pearl Harbor: Ingraved names of the men that died on Arizona.
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  • Shrine with names of the Arizona crewmen - Honolulu
    Shrine with names of the
    Arizona crewmen
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    There are 3 areas on the Memorial.
    An entry room, a central open area from where you can see the partially submerged ship, and third a shrine room which has the names of the men who died on the Arizona.

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  • Phone: 422 0561
  • Directions: Arizona Memorial Pearl Harbor.
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    Pearl Harbor: The U.S.S.Arizona Memorial
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  • By Waalewiener on March 14, 2003
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  • Arizona Memorial - Honolulu
    Arizona Memorial
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    This is a picture of the Arizona Memorial,it pays tribute to the 1177 crewmen who died on this ship.The memorial is 184 ft , and it spans over the midsection of the Arizona that is partially sunken, which give visitors a good look at the ship that still entombs 1100 men.The memorial was built and approved in 1958 by President Dwight Eisenhower it was designed by Alfred Preis, and dedicated in 1962.

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  • Phone: 422-0561
  • Directions: The tickets are free to this Memorial but it is always busy , so come early and the location is allready shown in earlier tip, usely the tickets are gone after 1 pm in the afternoon.
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    Pearl Harbor: 3 Tours available on the Missouri Memorial.
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  • The Missouri - Honolulu
    The Missouri
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    Tour 1 The Chief's Guided Tour.
    This tour takes you through the Combat area,for a look were all the drama occured.This tour cost $6 .
    Tour 2 The Captain's Tour.
    A 1 1/2 hr Tour that takes you to the Captain's Cabin and the Combat Centers of the Ship as well a detailed formely secret debriefing of Dessert Storm mission.Light refreshments are served on this Tour.
    This Tour Cost adults $35 chidren $25.
    Tour 3 The Explorers Tour.
    On this 1 1/2 hour tour you get a hardhat and a flashlight
    and it will take you to the lower decks, and they will show you the old 1943 Analog Super- Computors.This tour cost adults $35 children $25.
    Do not bring Bags and Backpags for security reasons.

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  • Phone: 973 -2494
  • Directions: From Honollulu take H-1 west to the Arizona Memorial Stadium exit than follow the signs to the Battle Ship Missouri Memorial
  • Other Contact: www.ussmissouri.com
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    Pearl Harbor: Pearl Harbour
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  • U.S.S. Missouri and Arizona Memorial - Honolulu
    U.S.S. Missouri and Arizona
    Memorial
    by Redlats
    We spent a day at Pearl Harbour - you have to start early in the day to see everything. There are really three different ships to see, and the free tickets to the USS Arizona get given out first-come, first-served. See the Arizona Memorial first -- the tribute to the 1,200 Americans still buried with their ship on the day the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbour (Dec. 7, 1941). You see a movie, then board a boat to the Memorial which straddles the USS Arizona sitting just below sea level. Sixty years after it happened, and oil still seeps from the sunken ship - reflecting rainbow colours off the top of the ocean - almost poetic.

    Next, tour the U.S.S.Bowfin -- a WW II submarine. You get to board the sub and re-live a WW II mission via a self-guided tour on a walkman.

    The final ship at the site is the U.S.S.Missouri - The Mighty Mo -- the battleship on which the Japanese officially surrendered after WW II. The Missouri also saw action in the Gulf war. The Battleship Missouri is a huge ship - easy to get lost on her.

    By the way, if you actually do visit all three ships in one day, it is a l-o-n-g day. Our kids (who are older teens) lost patience with historic ships somewhere between the Bowfin and the Missouri.

    The Arizona Memorial is free - After the Arizona, just around the corner is the Bowfin. Tickets for the Bowfin and the Missouri are bought at the same spot. The price in 2001 to see both is $18 for older-than-kids.

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    Pearl Harbor: Pearl Harbor
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  • Pearl Harbor - Honolulu
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    Honolulu public buses stop regularly at the Visitor Center and can be boarded in Waikiki. The #20 and #42 bus will take you to the USS Arizona Memorial Visitor Center. No purses allowed. The most of the visitors got emotional after watch the documentary, before they take you to the memorial. Try to be early.

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    Pearl Harbor: Not the movie
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  • By heitzenrater on February 7, 2008
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    USS Arizona has FREE admission. One thing.....Plan on waiting a solid two hours or more. They give you a ticket when you enter, and then you have to wait till they call your group number. At this point they will load you up on a boat and take you out to the site.
    -The park is open seven days a week 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
    -Closed Thanksgiving Day, December 25, and January 1.

    Bowfin (sub)
    - Open daily from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., last tour of the submarine at 4:30 p.m.
    - Closed only on Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's Day
    Comes with a cost.
    Bowfin Cost -- Submarine & Museum Adult tour is $10; child rate (ages 4 to 12) is $4

    Battleship Missouri
    -is located on adjacent Ford Island which is accessible by trolly
    -$16 for an unguided tour of Missouri

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  • Directions: http://www.nps.gov/usar/planyourvisit/directions.htm Check this site out for location.
  • Website: http://www.nps.gov/usar/
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    Pearl Harbor: USS Arizona Memorial
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  • Updated By Bwana_Brown on September 3, 2005
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  • USS Arizona Memorial - Honolulu
    USS Arizona Memorial
    by Bwana_Brown
    One of the defining events of the 20th Century was the surprise attack on the American Naval Base at Pearl Harbour, on Dec. 7, 1941. Symbolizing the emotions unleashed by this event are the remnants of the battleship USS Arizona - sunk at its moorings during the air strike. The 31,400 ton Arizona, launched in 1915, sank while at anchor, after receiving several bomb and torpedo hits, resulting in the loss of 1103 men out of its total crew of 1400. To memorialize this event, the ship was declared a national shrine in 1962. A footnote to history - its two main rear turrents, comprising six 14-inch naval guns, were removed after its sinking, to be used for coastal defence of the Islands.

    Another footnote: I spent the 60th anniversary of Pearl Harbour walking the length of Manhatten to the site of the still smouldering ruins of the twin towers of the World Trade Center, to say a little prayer for those souls as well.

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