If you have to wait an hour or two for your USS Arizona Memorial tour to begin, this adjacent park harbors the moored WWII-era submarine USS Bowfin and a museum that traces the development of submarines from their origins to the nuclear age, including wartime patrol footage. Undoubtedly, the highlight is clambering aboard a historic submarine.
Launched on December 7, 1942, one year after the Pearl Harbor attack, the USS Bowfin sank 44 enemy ships in the Pacific by the end of WWII. A self-guided audiotour explores the life of the crew – watch your head below deck! Children under age four are not allowed aboard the submarine for safety reasons.
