Pearl Harbor, a different view...

[p3superbee]

A hidden secret of Pearl Harbor... "The USS Arizona Remembrance Tour" Though only open to Military(Active/Reserve/Retired). It is given by Commander, US Pacific Fleet.

The tour takes you in a counterclock wise circle of Ford Island. Passing the 3 memorials and three museums at Pearl...

Leaving the boathouse...


Artsy shot...


The mothball Fleet...


The USS Utah Memorial (only accessable to Military(Active/Reserve/Retired). It is on the opposite side of Ford Island from the Arizona.





The USS Nevada Memorial (only accessable to Military(Active/Reserve/Retired), this memorial is actually on Hickam AFB. The USS Nevada was the only ship to get underway on Dec 7 though barely, As they approached the mouth of Pearl Harbor, it was determined they were going to go down. Instead of allowing the ship to sink in the mouth, causing a Pearl Harbor to be shut off from the Pacific Ocean they beached the ship where the Memorial stands. The day we did the tour they were burying a survior of the USS Nevada and Dec 7th. in the Harbor, at the Memorial, which explains the Flag at half-mast, and the Color Guard...


The Battleship Missouri and USS Arizona Memorial...








This is the "Remembrance" The barge our tour is on...


Returing to the boathouse under the Admiral Cleary Bridge...


Coming back into the boathouse next to the Admiral's Barge...

[gunney]

Great pictures. Brings back memories. First saw the area on December 7, 1961 when We pulled into Pearl Harbor, onboard the Gen. Mitchell, on our way to Okinawa. Of course, we lined the ship and gave Honors. It was at 8AM, 20 years to the minute after the attack. The memorial was not built yet. Years later, while stationed in Hawaii, I took my son to visit the memorial. Don't think they had special tours back then but I might be wrong. Again, great shots