Oahu - Day 2
On our second day on Oahu we caught an early morning shuttle to Pearl Harbor.
There were a lot of things to see at Pearl Harbor.... USS Arizona Memorial, tour of the Battleship USS Missouri, Submarine USS Bowfin, Pacific Aviation Museum, etc... We got tickets to go see the USS Arizona Memorial and had about an hour to wait, so we walked around some. We got to see the USS Bowfin, but did not have enough time for a tour of the inside...
USS Bowfin submarine
Some different naval items from WWII...
Jackie takes a look at a naval gun
There was also a memorial for lost submarines...
Memorials for submarines lost at sea during WWII
The aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis...
A big aircraft carrier in the harbor
USS Missouri and USS Arizona Memorial in the distance
After a little bit of sight-seeing we headed over to the USS Arizona Memorial...
When we arrived at the memorial there was a place where you could rent some headsets that played information at different locations about the USS Arizona and the attack on Pearl Harbor. They had them in about half dozen languages and Jackie got one in Mandarin.
We walked about listening to recorded information at some locations, and then we were lucky enough to meet 3 Pearl Harbor survivors who were there for a short time in the morning talking to people and signing autographs on descriptions of what their story was on 7 December...
Some survivors of the Pearl Harbor attacks
One of them even spoke a little Chinese to Jackie, which made her very happy. After that it was our turn to start the tour. We entered a small theater where they played a short movie about the USS Arizona and the attack on Pearl Harbor. After the movie we went outside and we boarded a small ship that took us out to the memorial. Here are some pictures we took...
On the boat coming to the USS Arizona Memorial
Docking at the memorial
Some of the names of those who lost their lives on the USS Arizona
Those who survived and later joined their shipmates
The buoy marks the one end of the USS Arizona underwater. The USS Missouri in the distance
One of the turrets of the USS Arizona is above water. The buoy marks the other end of ship underwater
A display showing the remains underwater
Inside the memorial
The flag flying above the memorial
Some of the USS Arizona still visible
Jackie poses with a US Sailor
After visiting the USS Arizona Memorial we went over to a stadium nearby where they were having a swap meet. The swap meet is held twice a week, and is hundreds of vendors selling all kinds of souvenirs, clothing, but not much food. We bought some cold fruit drinks and walked about the area looking at things. We didn't buy anything and after awhile we decided to find our shuttle and head back to the hotel.
By the time we got back to the hotel it was almost 3:00pm. Jackie was very tired and wanted a nap and I was very hungry and wanted something to eat. I went to a little place near the hotel called the Harbor View Pub, which luckily had some very good sandwiches. A little while after I got back to the hotel room Jackie woke up and was hungry so we went out for dinner.
For dinner that evening we went to the Chart House restaurant which is right next to the hotel...
Jackie all dressed up for dinner at the Chart House restaurant
I was told that this restaurant was owned by the same person who use to own the Chart House restaurant in Alexandria, Virginia which I had been to before and thought was very good. This one didn't seem as good, and it also seemed more expensive. Jackie had the Chicken Picata (which looked really good), and I had some clam chowder and a caesar salad with chicken. It was kind of so-so.
There were a lot of things to see at Pearl Harbor.... USS Arizona Memorial, tour of the Battleship USS Missouri, Submarine USS Bowfin, Pacific Aviation Museum, etc... We got tickets to go see the USS Arizona Memorial and had about an hour to wait, so we walked around some. We got to see the USS Bowfin, but did not have enough time for a tour of the inside...
USS Bowfin submarine
Some different naval items from WWII...
Jackie takes a look at a naval gun
There was also a memorial for lost submarines...
Memorials for submarines lost at sea during WWII
The aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis...
A big aircraft carrier in the harbor
USS Missouri and USS Arizona Memorial in the distance
After a little bit of sight-seeing we headed over to the USS Arizona Memorial...
When we arrived at the memorial there was a place where you could rent some headsets that played information at different locations about the USS Arizona and the attack on Pearl Harbor. They had them in about half dozen languages and Jackie got one in Mandarin.
We walked about listening to recorded information at some locations, and then we were lucky enough to meet 3 Pearl Harbor survivors who were there for a short time in the morning talking to people and signing autographs on descriptions of what their story was on 7 December...
Some survivors of the Pearl Harbor attacks
One of them even spoke a little Chinese to Jackie, which made her very happy. After that it was our turn to start the tour. We entered a small theater where they played a short movie about the USS Arizona and the attack on Pearl Harbor. After the movie we went outside and we boarded a small ship that took us out to the memorial. Here are some pictures we took...
On the boat coming to the USS Arizona Memorial
Docking at the memorial
Some of the names of those who lost their lives on the USS Arizona
Those who survived and later joined their shipmates
The buoy marks the one end of the USS Arizona underwater. The USS Missouri in the distance
One of the turrets of the USS Arizona is above water. The buoy marks the other end of ship underwater
A display showing the remains underwater
Inside the memorial
The flag flying above the memorial
Some of the USS Arizona still visible
Jackie poses with a US Sailor
After visiting the USS Arizona Memorial we went over to a stadium nearby where they were having a swap meet. The swap meet is held twice a week, and is hundreds of vendors selling all kinds of souvenirs, clothing, but not much food. We bought some cold fruit drinks and walked about the area looking at things. We didn't buy anything and after awhile we decided to find our shuttle and head back to the hotel.
By the time we got back to the hotel it was almost 3:00pm. Jackie was very tired and wanted a nap and I was very hungry and wanted something to eat. I went to a little place near the hotel called the Harbor View Pub, which luckily had some very good sandwiches. A little while after I got back to the hotel room Jackie woke up and was hungry so we went out for dinner.
For dinner that evening we went to the Chart House restaurant which is right next to the hotel...
Jackie all dressed up for dinner at the Chart House restaurant
I was told that this restaurant was owned by the same person who use to own the Chart House restaurant in Alexandria, Virginia which I had been to before and thought was very good. This one didn't seem as good, and it also seemed more expensive. Jackie had the Chicken Picata (which looked really good), and I had some clam chowder and a caesar salad with chicken. It was kind of so-so.
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