Post by Karl Welteke on Dec 2, 2019 5:45:59 GMT 8
USS BOWFIN SS-287 is now a Museum in Pearl Harbor
These 3 images and text came from this Museum webpage, look for the patrol # 9 link:
www.bowfin.org/uss-bowfin-history
U476. This is one of 3 images from the USS Bowfin Museum, after this submarine completed its 9th Patrol
U477. This is one of 3 images from the USS Bowfin Museum, after this submarine completed its 9th Patrol; VADM Lockwood with CDR Tyree.
U478a. This is one of 3 images from the USS Bowfin Museum, after this submarine completed its 9th Patrol; the track of Operation Barney, ONE SUBMARINE LOST!
USS Bowfin (SS-287) is a fleet attack submarine that fought in the Pacific during WWII, and helped to make famous the term, “Silent Service.” Bowfin was launched on 7 December 1942, exactly one year after the attack on Pearl Harbor. She was nicknamed the Pearl Harbor Avenger, so it is fitting that her permanent home is at Pearl Harbor, Hawai’i.
PATROL SUMMARY
Throughout WWII USS Bowfin went out on nine war patrols between 1943 and 1945. War patrols of WWII are similar to what we think of as deployments today. It was a period of about two months where a submarine would patrol a designated region of ocean for Japanese ships or boats. Bowfin served in the Pacific and spent most of her patrols in the South China Sea, Celebes Sea, off the East coast of Japan, and into the Sea of Japan.
On the 3rd of Nov. 2019 Karl, wife Rowena and grandson Dylan Pak visited the museum and I generated these three albums with 64 images each:
Uploaded to Flickr in High Resolution:
www.flickr.com/photos/44567569@N00/albums/72157712008943846
Uploaded to Facebook, Karl’s:
www.facebook.com/karlwilhelm.welteke/media_set?set=a.10217700172329770&type=3
Uploaded to Photobucket:
s74.photobucket.com/user/PI-Sailor/library/Hawaii/Hawaii%20Album%201/USS%20Bowfin%20SS-287%20Museum%202019-11-03
If you are going to watch this on Photobucket, they are drowning you with advertisements. Try to click slide view right away, then click slow and full screen.
For this forum presentation I chose these 11 images:
U479. This is one of 6 images of the USS Bowfin, as a museum. These first pictures are all from topside of the submarine. We entered the submarine at the bow, came back up astern and went on the Conning-Tower.
U480. This is one of 6 images of the USS Bowfin, as a museum. These first pictures are all from topside of the submarine. We entered the submarine at the bow, came back up astern and went on the Conning-Tower.
U481. This is one of 6 images of the USS Bowfin, as a museum. These first pictures are all from topside of the submarine. We entered the submarine at the bow, came back up astern and went on the Conning-Tower.
U482. This is one of 6 images of the USS Bowfin, as a museum. These first pictures are all from topside of the submarine. We entered the submarine at the bow, came back up astern and went on the Conning-Tower.
U483. This is one of 6 images of the USS Bowfin, as a museum. These first pictures are all from topside of the submarine. We entered the submarine at the bow, came back up astern and went on the Conning-Tower. Visitor Dylan Pak on the USS Bowfin SS-287.
U484. This is one of 6 images of the USS Bowfin, as a museum. These first pictures are all from topside of the submarine. We entered the submarine at the bow, came back up astern and went on the Conning-Tower. Visitor Rowena Welteke on the USS Bowfin SS-287.
U485. This is one of 5 images of the USS Bowfin SS-387 as walked below decks from the forward Torpedo Room to the after-Torpedo Room. We saw everything in between, the mess, berthing, engine room, electrical control etc. It is amazing what people can build, look at all those pipes, valves, cables, gages, switches and everything crowded together because the lack of space. Also I noticed all the brass and copper.
U486. This is one of 5 images of the USS Bowfin SS-387 as walked below decks from the forward Torpedo Room to the after-Torpedo Room. We saw everything in between, the mess, berthing, engine room, electrical control etc. It is amazing what people can build, look at all those pipes, valves, cables, gages, switches and everything crowded together because the lack of space. Also I noticed all the brass and copper.
U487. This is one of 5 images of the USS Bowfin SS-387 as walked below decks from the forward Torpedo Room to the after-Torpedo Room. We saw everything in between, the mess, berthing, engine room, electrical control etc. It is amazing what people can build, look at all those pipes, valves, cables, gages, switches and everything crowded together because the lack of space. Also, I noticed all the brass and copper. I am a surface sailor and I slept in those canvas bottom bunks at right for 6 years and our berthing compartment was not much bigger. Then it was field cots for the next 3 years in Viet Nam.
U488. This is one of 5 images of the USS Bowfin SS-387 as walked below decks from the forward Torpedo Room to the after-Torpedo Room. We saw everything in between, the mess, berthing, engine room, electrical control etc. It is amazing what people can build, look at all those pipes, valves, cables, gages, switches and everything crowded together because the lack of space. Also, I noticed all the brass and copper.
U489. This is one of 5 images of the USS Bowfin SS-387 as walked below decks from the forward Torpedo Room to the after-Torpedo Room. We saw everything in between, the mess, berthing, engine room, electrical control etc. It is amazing what people can build, look at all those pipes, valves, cables, gages, switches and everything crowded together because the lack of space. Also, I noticed all the brass and copper.
Here are some more URL about the USS Bowfin SS287!
USS Bowfin Submarine Museum & Park:
www.bowfin.org/patrol-9
www.bowfin.org/uss-bowfin-history
Wikipedia:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Bowfin_(SS-287)
Photo index, USN
www.navsource.org/archives/08/08287.htm
Detail webpage:
www.militaryfactory.com/ships/detail.asp?ship_id=USS-Bowfin-SS287
These 3 images and text came from this Museum webpage, look for the patrol # 9 link:
www.bowfin.org/uss-bowfin-history
U476. This is one of 3 images from the USS Bowfin Museum, after this submarine completed its 9th Patrol
U477. This is one of 3 images from the USS Bowfin Museum, after this submarine completed its 9th Patrol; VADM Lockwood with CDR Tyree.
U478a. This is one of 3 images from the USS Bowfin Museum, after this submarine completed its 9th Patrol; the track of Operation Barney, ONE SUBMARINE LOST!
USS Bowfin (SS-287) is a fleet attack submarine that fought in the Pacific during WWII, and helped to make famous the term, “Silent Service.” Bowfin was launched on 7 December 1942, exactly one year after the attack on Pearl Harbor. She was nicknamed the Pearl Harbor Avenger, so it is fitting that her permanent home is at Pearl Harbor, Hawai’i.
PATROL SUMMARY
Throughout WWII USS Bowfin went out on nine war patrols between 1943 and 1945. War patrols of WWII are similar to what we think of as deployments today. It was a period of about two months where a submarine would patrol a designated region of ocean for Japanese ships or boats. Bowfin served in the Pacific and spent most of her patrols in the South China Sea, Celebes Sea, off the East coast of Japan, and into the Sea of Japan.
On the 3rd of Nov. 2019 Karl, wife Rowena and grandson Dylan Pak visited the museum and I generated these three albums with 64 images each:
Uploaded to Flickr in High Resolution:
www.flickr.com/photos/44567569@N00/albums/72157712008943846
Uploaded to Facebook, Karl’s:
www.facebook.com/karlwilhelm.welteke/media_set?set=a.10217700172329770&type=3
Uploaded to Photobucket:
s74.photobucket.com/user/PI-Sailor/library/Hawaii/Hawaii%20Album%201/USS%20Bowfin%20SS-287%20Museum%202019-11-03
If you are going to watch this on Photobucket, they are drowning you with advertisements. Try to click slide view right away, then click slow and full screen.
For this forum presentation I chose these 11 images:
U479. This is one of 6 images of the USS Bowfin, as a museum. These first pictures are all from topside of the submarine. We entered the submarine at the bow, came back up astern and went on the Conning-Tower.
U480. This is one of 6 images of the USS Bowfin, as a museum. These first pictures are all from topside of the submarine. We entered the submarine at the bow, came back up astern and went on the Conning-Tower.
U481. This is one of 6 images of the USS Bowfin, as a museum. These first pictures are all from topside of the submarine. We entered the submarine at the bow, came back up astern and went on the Conning-Tower.
U482. This is one of 6 images of the USS Bowfin, as a museum. These first pictures are all from topside of the submarine. We entered the submarine at the bow, came back up astern and went on the Conning-Tower.
U483. This is one of 6 images of the USS Bowfin, as a museum. These first pictures are all from topside of the submarine. We entered the submarine at the bow, came back up astern and went on the Conning-Tower. Visitor Dylan Pak on the USS Bowfin SS-287.
U484. This is one of 6 images of the USS Bowfin, as a museum. These first pictures are all from topside of the submarine. We entered the submarine at the bow, came back up astern and went on the Conning-Tower. Visitor Rowena Welteke on the USS Bowfin SS-287.
U485. This is one of 5 images of the USS Bowfin SS-387 as walked below decks from the forward Torpedo Room to the after-Torpedo Room. We saw everything in between, the mess, berthing, engine room, electrical control etc. It is amazing what people can build, look at all those pipes, valves, cables, gages, switches and everything crowded together because the lack of space. Also I noticed all the brass and copper.
U486. This is one of 5 images of the USS Bowfin SS-387 as walked below decks from the forward Torpedo Room to the after-Torpedo Room. We saw everything in between, the mess, berthing, engine room, electrical control etc. It is amazing what people can build, look at all those pipes, valves, cables, gages, switches and everything crowded together because the lack of space. Also I noticed all the brass and copper.
U487. This is one of 5 images of the USS Bowfin SS-387 as walked below decks from the forward Torpedo Room to the after-Torpedo Room. We saw everything in between, the mess, berthing, engine room, electrical control etc. It is amazing what people can build, look at all those pipes, valves, cables, gages, switches and everything crowded together because the lack of space. Also, I noticed all the brass and copper. I am a surface sailor and I slept in those canvas bottom bunks at right for 6 years and our berthing compartment was not much bigger. Then it was field cots for the next 3 years in Viet Nam.
U488. This is one of 5 images of the USS Bowfin SS-387 as walked below decks from the forward Torpedo Room to the after-Torpedo Room. We saw everything in between, the mess, berthing, engine room, electrical control etc. It is amazing what people can build, look at all those pipes, valves, cables, gages, switches and everything crowded together because the lack of space. Also, I noticed all the brass and copper.
U489. This is one of 5 images of the USS Bowfin SS-387 as walked below decks from the forward Torpedo Room to the after-Torpedo Room. We saw everything in between, the mess, berthing, engine room, electrical control etc. It is amazing what people can build, look at all those pipes, valves, cables, gages, switches and everything crowded together because the lack of space. Also, I noticed all the brass and copper.
Here are some more URL about the USS Bowfin SS287!
USS Bowfin Submarine Museum & Park:
www.bowfin.org/patrol-9
www.bowfin.org/uss-bowfin-history
Wikipedia:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Bowfin_(SS-287)
Photo index, USN
www.navsource.org/archives/08/08287.htm
Detail webpage:
www.militaryfactory.com/ships/detail.asp?ship_id=USS-Bowfin-SS287