Above, the USS Bowfin in 2016. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
One of several attractions visitors to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, along with the battleships USS Arizona Memorial and the USS Missouri, is the submarine USS Bowfin.
As of Saturday, the USS Bowfin is now in drydock for regular maintenance.
According to Travel Weekly:
A popular visitor site at Pearl Harbor, the USS Bowfin World War II submarine, went into dry dock Saturday and won't be back until Nov. 1.
The submarine will be towed to a shipyard for scheduled maintenance and repair work, which is conducted every 15 to 20 years. The last time it underwent repair work was in 2004.
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