Pearl City Travel Guide

 Samantha0721 Says:  The ticket prices are a little high for what you get, but with a military discount you get a good rate. We go here a lot, it's a very beautiful drive from our home. The windward side of the island is lush and gorgeous. There are several shows throughout the day with dolphins... 

 Samantha0721 Says:  Ko Olina is one of the most beautiful spots in Hawaii. There are five lagoons here with limited parking at each one which makes these beaches delightfully uncrowded. However, because of this getting to the lagoons early is a must, especialy on weekends. The waves are... 

 lashr1999 Says:  The Memorial over sunken USS Arizona is a must visit. Before you take a boat ride to the memorial you are given a chance to see the museum and then view a short movie about the war. When at the memorial you can see the top of the sunken battleship as well as the striking... 

 KristinaLMF Says:  The USS Arizona Memorial is positioned above the sunken battleship honoring the 2000 plus service men and women who perished on December 7, 1941. There is a museum and movie that you watch before you depart on the boat that takes you to the memorial. The movie is very... 

 kenmerk Says:  This command center was used for the launching of cruise missiles against Iraq during the first gulf war in 1991.The ship was decommissioned following this conflict. Interestingly enough, is the fact that no one in this room new what targets they were shooting at. Reportely,... 

 kenmerk Says:  First of all, this ship is just flat out Huge.... Almost 900 feet long and it weighs 58,000 tons, and the 16 inch guns are unbelieveable in scale. (65 feet long...)Although the Missouri only fought in two conflicts during the war, it was selected to be the ship where the... 

 kenmerk Says:  The USS Arizona Memorial commemorates the 2,390 people who lost their lives during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour on December 7th, 1941.The memorial itself is quite a somber place as you are directly above the final resting place of over 1,000 sailor who were killed... 

 kenmerk Says:  During the first Gulf War, the Missouri was equipped with a RQ-2A Pioneer drone aircraft which was a precurser to drone aircraft used in the war in Afghanistan, such as the Predator. 

 kenmerk Says:  The easiest way to get to Pearl Harbour from Waikiki is to take one of the many buses heading in this direction. Buses number 20, 40, 40A, 42, and 62 can all get you there.If you are driving, Pearl Harbour is about 12 miles west of Waikiki. Take H1 highway west and get off... 

 kenmerk Says:  As you can see, Pearl Harbour is much more than a museum, it is one of the largest US Navy bases in the world, and the headquarters for PACAF.And it is pretty hard to hide the fact when an aircraft carrier is in port, this thing is a floating city. With a crew of... 

 kenmerk Says:  Here is why they nicknamed the Missouri the "Mighty Mo"... These sixteen inch guns can shoot a projectile the size of a kitchen Frigidaire about 23 miles...Newer ships certainly have more accurate weapons, but for shear brute force, I don't think these guns will ever be... 

 kenmerk Says:  No Ritz Carlton was the Missouri, here is a picture of some of the typical bunk accomodations that the crew lived in while out at sea. (Beds stacked three high...)The original accomodations were actually even more cramped than this, with the bunk beds stacked five high...... 

 kenmerk Says:  Within just a couple hundred meters from each other you can see the two Navy ships that symbolize both the beginning and the end of American involvement in the second World War. The Arizona Memorial was built to commemorate the losses suffered in the Japanese attack on Pearl... 

 kenmerk Says:  Though it doesnt look like much, this is the spot aboard the USS Missouri where the Japanese forces surrendered to the Allied forces on August 15th, 1945 to mark the end of World War II in the Pacific. The reason why the deck looked a lot bigger in the old surrender...