Museum
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Evening Events
Explore history beyond the submarine through lectures and multi-media. Bowfin Park is the perfect setting. Come and relax on the lanai, watch the sunset, have some refreshments and enjoy an engaging evening lecture. Bowfin Park has hosted authors, aratist, historians and scientists who share their knowledge and skills on current events or topics from yesterday. Come and join us! |
Secrets of the Sub
| Submarine Rescues |
Submarine RescuesA critical task performed by the US submarine force during World War II, was the rescuing of downed pilots and air crews; They were so efficient at it, that they rescued 520 US airmen from the Pacific Ocean waters. One of those rescued, went on to become President of the United States.
Former US President George H. W. Bush Sr. He was rescued by the USS Finback after being shot down while he was on an air strike mission over Chichi Shima in the Bonin Islands during 2 September 1944.
Commanding Officer, Lieutenant Commander Richard H. O'Kane (center), poses with the twenty-two aircrewmen that Tang rescued off Truk during the carrier air raids there on 29 April-1 May 1944. The photograph was taken upon Tang's return to Pearl Harbor from her second war patrol, in May 1944. |
