The memorials are only to the WWII boats including all those lost not on the 52 boats.

There is a stone with photo and description of patrol for the 52 boats, and a stone with description for others including the CSP staff guys killed in a plane crash.

The SeaWolf Memorial Park has the bridge and deck guns from a WWII Fleet Boat (Ramage's ???), some 7 blade props and such, and brass plaques with the list of names on the 52 WWII boats, and a brass plaque for other submariners.(53)

TWO MAJOR SUBMARINE MEMORIALS AT PEARL HARBOR

There are two submarine memorials to the lost World War Two boats on Oahu.

The first, as shown above is the oldest (approximately late 1950s) and is located within the main Pearl Harbor Base, just inside the entrance to the Subase on a peninsula of Pearl and the base. It is, as shown, a single wall with the plaques.

There is also on display in the same small park the open shears structure, fairwater and upper deck gun of the USS PARCHE SS-384.

This memorial was never very accessible to the public as they had to have a reason to be on base to begin with.

During my twilight cruise as Supervisor of Shop 51B at Subase, it was our electricians working after hours that helped bring the Bowfin out of mothballs and powered her up in her present location.

Bowfin Park, Pacific Fleet Submarine Memorial Association - museum, sub, and outdoor display/memorial area, all grew out of this initial effort.

The second major memorial site is the Bowfin Park.

It is physically located just outside of the base (north end) and immediately north of the Arizona Museum and landing (water taxi to the Arizona). The old ferry landing separates the two. I say old ferry because there is now a bridge to Ford Island just north of Bowfin Park.

There are 54 separate marble stones, each with a plaque with names and circumstances of loss for each boat.. This picture is from the cover of one of their pubs called "On Eternal Patrol". All these things available via their web site and free catalog.

This placement allows the public to more readily visit both memorials. One can visit everything outdoors at Bowfin including the gift shop but must pay for the museum and the boat itself.

The USS BOWFIN SS-287 Memorial and WWII Submarine Museum also has the
conning tower of the USS PARCHE SS-384 cut open for visitor viewing.

Weapons are on display from the WWII torpedoes to Poseidon missile. The displays are a mix of old and modern and include Tomahawk, Harpoon, SubRoc, MK 48, 37, 27, 16, 14 torpedoes, Regulus I, Polaris A2, A3, Poseidon C3, the diving stand from an S3W boat, the BCP and FCS from a Geo Washington class.

CDR. D. W. MORTON,
USN COMMANDING OFFICER
LOST AT SEA, 11 OCTOBER 1943

IF ONE SUBMARINE COULD BE SAID TO EMBODY THE SPRIT AND PRIDE OF THE U.S. SUBMARINE FORCE, IT WOULD PROBABLY BE WAHOO. CERTAINLY THE ENEMY CONVOYS UNFORTUNATE ENOUGH TO ENCOUNTER HER WOULD AGREE THAT SHE CONTRIBUTED MORE THAN HER SHARE TO THE WAR EFFORT. THEY OFTEN REPORTED BEING ATTACKED BY MORE THAN ONE SUBMARINE, A FACT THAT EARNED WAHOO THE NICKNAME "THE ONE-SUBMARINE WOLF PACK."

HER BRASH YOUNG COMMANDING OFFICER, COMMANDER DUDLEY W. "MUSH" MORTON, WAS THE EPITOME OF THE WARRIOR-SUBMARINER: DARING, TENACIOUS AND AGGRESSIVE. HER AND WAHOO'S FIGHTING CREW RAVAGED THE PACIFIC, SINKING AT LEAST 20 ENEMY SHIPS TOTALING OVER 60,000 TONS IN JUST OVER A YEAR.

WAHOO INSPIRED THE SUBMARINE FORCE WITH A SWASHBUCKLING STYLE THAT INCLUDED LIVELY RADIO MESSAGES, "DOWN THE THROAT" TORPEDO SHOTS, AND BROOMS LASHED TO HER PERISCOPE TO SIGNIFY A CLEAN SWEEP OF ENEMY SHIPPING. IN THE WAR IN THE PACIFIC, FEW SHIPS ACHIEVED A MORE LEGENDARY STATUS. ON 2 DECEMBER 1943, THE U.S. SUBMARINE FORCE WAS DEALT A SHOCKING BLOW WHEN IT WAS REPORTED THAT WAHOO, HAVING DEPARTED MIDWAY ISLAND ON 13 SEPTEMBER TO COMMENCE HER SEVENTH WAR PATROL AGAINST THE ENEMY, WAS OVERDUE AND PRESUMED LOST.

SHE IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN SUNK ON 11 OCTOBER BY A COMBINATION OF AIR, LAND AND SEA ANTI-SUBMARINE FOCUS IN LA PEROUSE STRAIT, NORTH OF HOKKAIDO.