Now a museum at the Pearl Harbor Visitor Center, the USS Bowfin did 9 tours of battle in her service, and earned the name “Pearl Harbor Avenger.” Here is a photographic tribute to the mighty submarine who had the Imperial Navy of Japan scared to look in their periscopes.
- The USS Bowfin, better known as the “Pearl Harbor Avenger.”
- The 9-cylinder diesel engine which powers the electric motor and propels the USS Bowfin.
- “Is she running smooth?” The gauges of the USS Bowfin and her powerful engines.
- The USS Bowfin’s torpedo room sent many enemy ships under during World War II.
- A formidable force above and below water. The machine gun topside of the USS Bowfin.