USS Bowfin
Balao-class submarine of the US Navy in Honolulu, Hawaii. Added to the National Register in 1982, and a National Historic Landmark.
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What it is
USS Bowfin (SS/AGSS-287), is a Balao-class submarine of the United States Navy named for the bowfin fish. Since 1981, she has been open to public tours at the Pacific Fleet Submarine Museum in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, next to the USS Arizona Memorial Visitor Center.
Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The record
| Property type | Structure |
| Address | 11 Arizona Memorial Dr., Honolulu, HI |
| County | Honolulu County |
| Listed | Nov 16, 1982 |
| Listed for | Military |
| Level of significance | National |
| Reference number | 82000149 |
| Architect | Portsmouth Naval Shipyard |
| Type of place | military museum, attack submarine, museum ship |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark |
| Contributing resources | 1 structure |
| Standing | Yes |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | 11 Arizona Memorial Dr., Honolulu, HI |
| Coordinates | 21.3687° N, 157.9394° W · Directions ↗ |
| Also in Honolulu | 114 listed places in Honolulu → · walking tour → |
| Nearest national park unit | Pearl Harbor National Memorial · under a mile · on Park Atlas |
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Nearby in Honolulu County
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Public land around it
| Pearl Harbor National Wildlife Refuge ↗National Wildlife Refuge, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | About 5 miles away114 acres |
Wilderness Atlas publishes a centroid and an acreage for each unit, not a boundary line. Distance here is measured to a circle of the same area drawn around that centroid, so treat it as roughly right rather than surveyed.
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Hawaii travel guides
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Reference
Questions people ask
When was USS Bowfin listed on the National Register?
Nov 16, 1982. It is also a National Historic Landmark, the higher of the two designations.
Source: National Park Service
Who designed USS Bowfin?
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard.
Source: Wikidata
Can I visit USS Bowfin?
Yes. USS Bowfin is recorded as open to the public.
Source: Wikidata
Where is USS Bowfin?
11 Arizona Memorial Dr., Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii. The nearest national park unit is Pearl Harbor National Memorial, under a mile away.
Source: Pearl Harbor National Memorial
Where is the nomination form for USS Bowfin?
The National Archives holds the nomination form, the document that made the case for listing.
Source: National Archives
Is there cell service at USS Bowfin?
FCC coverage maps show Verizon 5G, AT&T 5G, and T-Mobile 5G at the listed point. Coverage indoors and behind old masonry is another matter.
Source: FCC Broadband Map
Sources
Location, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Listing dates come from the National Register office's spreadsheet where it carries the listing. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 82000149. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The nomination form and photographs ↗ at NPGallery are the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service, and the form is often the best description of the place. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.