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ejvette · 22 July 2014, 03:42 AM

My first trip to Hawaii I didn't get a very good phone photo was trying to catch the explorer with the Arizona in the back ground. The visit to Pearl Harbor is a very emotional experience. I did get 1 nice shot with both memorials in the same photo.

Cru Jones · 22 July 2014, 03:45 AM

Nice pix, thanks.

T01 · 22 July 2014, 04:04 AM

Cool pics! Thanks for sharing!

joe100 · 22 July 2014, 09:43 AM

I love battleships. The Iowa class was probably the zenith of battleship technology. Not the largest but probably the best balance of armor and firepower. The follow-on Montana class would have been the ultimate fast-battleship but sadly they were never built.

Hairdude1 · 22 July 2014, 11:43 AM

Cool pics!

ejvette · 22 July 2014, 01:39 PM

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Originally Posted by joe100

I love battleships. The Iowa class was probably the zenith of battleship technology. Not the largest but probably the best balance of armor and firepower. The follow-on Montana class would have been the ultimate fast-battleship but sadly they were never built.

I was truly amazed at the size of the Missouri I expected it to be quite a bit smaller.

sea-dweller · 22 July 2014, 01:50 PM

Great photos!

Len S · 22 July 2014, 01:51 PM

Very nice pics.

Angrypuppy · 22 July 2014, 01:59 PM

venom43 · 22 July 2014, 05:58 PM

Nice....one day I hope to go. My all time favorite battle ship ...BB-63 MISSOURI. So much great history with it.

DCheeta · 22 July 2014, 06:55 PM

Great pics. Being there is really a powerful experience. Did you happen to board the old submarine? Very cool.

ejvette · 23 July 2014, 02:23 AM

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Originally Posted by DCheeta

Great pics. Being there is really a powerful experience. Did you happen to board the old submarine? Very cool.

The sub is the USS BOWFIN it sunk 44 Japanese ships during the war!

ejvette · 23 July 2014, 02:24 AM

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Originally Posted by venom43

Nice....one day I hope to go. My all time favorite battle ship ...BB-63 MISSOURI. So much great history with it.

Some more Missouri pics

bighaole · 23 July 2014, 02:35 AM

I find the USS Arizona Memorial to be a very powerful experience. The quiet, the stark white, and the oil drops still rising up to the surface, 70 years later. It's like the ship is still crying.

watch_guy · 23 July 2014, 07:19 AM

Just an FYI the memorial over the Arizona was designed by an architect named Alfred Preis. Preis was born in Austria in 1911, he was Jewish by birth but converted to Roman Cathliac. What is so special about him is when he and his wife came to America in 1938 fleeing the Nazis he was put in a detainment camp for several months because of the distrust of the Japanese and Germans. Preis became such a proud American because of his love of the freedom we have and the opportunity we all have here in this unique and wonderful country that he considered it a great honor to do the memorial. Thank you Mr. Preis, and thank you to all who served and continue to serve so we can be free and thanks to all who go to see that memorial.

ejvette · 24 July 2014, 05:19 AM

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Originally Posted by watch_guy

Just an FYI the memorial over the Arizona was designed by an architect named Alfred Preis. Preis was born in Austria in 1911, he was Jewish by birth but converted to Roman Cathliac. What is so special about him is when he and his wife came to America in 1938 fleeing the Nazis he was put in a detainment camp for several months because of the distrust of the Japanese and Germans. Preis became such a proud American because of his love of the freedom we have and the opportunity we all have here in this unique and wonderful country that he considered it a great honor to do the memorial. Thank you Mr. Preis, and thank you to all who served and continue to serve so we can be free and thanks to all who go to see that memorial.

Great info now the tour guides never told us this!

14060m · 24 July 2014, 05:22 AM

Awesome
Thanks for sharing

Beef · 24 July 2014, 05:30 AM

Great pictures and commentary. Thank you for sharing!

luvsub · 24 July 2014, 06:41 AM

Great photos, we were there last winter.

tkerrmd · 24 July 2014, 06:46 AM

Nice pics of a very special place

Time Exposure · 24 July 2014, 08:35 AM

I visited the USS Arizona Memorial 31 years ago when I was 16 years old. It was a very moving memorial, even for a teenager.
I drive over a bridge every day that overlooks "the mothball fleet," a collection of mostly old cargo ships. But for years I would deliberately look out onto BB-61, the IOWA herself. I was always intrigued that it is the only battleship equipped with a bathtub, to accommodate the disabled US President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Fortunately it is a museum in LA now, but I miss seeing it lying long and low among the cargo ships.

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joe100 2024 ROLEX DATEJUST41 Pledge Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Real Name: Joe Location: New Mexico Watch: Explorer Posts: 12,753	I love battleships. The Iowa class was probably the zenith of battleship technology. Not the largest but probably the best balance of armor and firepower. The follow-on Montana class would have been the ultimate fast-battleship but sadly they were never built. __________________ It's Espresso, not Expresso. Coffee is not a train in Italy. -TRF Member 6982-

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Cru Jones 2024 ROLEX DATEJUST41 Pledge Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Paris, France Posts: 34,499	Nice pix, thanks.

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T01 "TRF" Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Real Name: T Location: AZ, NV, CA Posts: 6,481	Cool pics! Thanks for sharing!

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sea-dweller "TRF" Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Real Name: Dennis Location: Bay Area - 925 Posts: 40,018	Great photos!

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Len S "TRF" Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Real Name: Len Location: SoCal Watch: 116610LN Posts: 987	Very nice pics.

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22 July 2014, 06:55 PM	#11
DCheeta "TRF" Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Real Name: Dave Location: NYC Posts: 7,180	Great pics. Being there is really a powerful experience. Did you happen to board the old submarine? Very cool.

23 July 2014, 02:35 AM	#14
bighaole "TRF" Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: USA Watch: Exp II + Daytona Posts: 452	I find the USS Arizona Memorial to be a very powerful experience. The quiet, the stark white, and the oil drops still rising up to the surface, 70 years later. It's like the ship is still crying.

23 July 2014, 07:19 AM	#15
watch_guy "TRF" Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Real Name: Martin Location: florida Watch: GMT 16710 Pepsi Posts: 40	Just an FYI the memorial over the Arizona was designed by an architect named Alfred Preis. Preis was born in Austria in 1911, he was Jewish by birth but converted to Roman Cathliac. What is so special about him is when he and his wife came to America in 1938 fleeing the Nazis he was put in a detainment camp for several months because of the distrust of the Japanese and Germans. Preis became such a proud American because of his love of the freedom we have and the opportunity we all have here in this unique and wonderful country that he considered it a great honor to do the memorial. Thank you Mr. Preis, and thank you to all who served and continue to serve so we can be free and thanks to all who go to see that memorial.

24 July 2014, 05:30 AM	#18
Beef "TRF" Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: USA Posts: 1,824	Great pictures and commentary. Thank you for sharing! __________________ "An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last." "So you have enemies. Good. You must have stood up for something, sometime in your life." Winston Churchill

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luvsub 2024 Pledge Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: SF, south bay Posts: 5,179	Great photos, we were there last winter.

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tkerrmd "TRF" Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Real Name: Tom Location: In a race car! Watch: ME RACE PORSCHES Posts: 24,123	Nice pics of a very special place

24 July 2014, 08:35 AM	#21
Time Exposure "TRF" Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Real Name: Bryan Location: Sac Valley, CA US Watch: Patek 5980/1A Posts: 2,860	I visited the USS Arizona Memorial 31 years ago when I was 16 years old. It was a very moving memorial, even for a teenager. I drive over a bridge every day that overlooks "the mothball fleet," a collection of mostly old cargo ships. But for years I would deliberately look out onto BB-61, the IOWA herself. I was always intrigued that it is the only battleship equipped with a bathtub, to accommodate the disabled US President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Fortunately it is a museum in LA now, but I miss seeing it lying long and low among the cargo ships.

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