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The submarine is owned and operated by the Pacific Fleet Submarine Memorial Association, and is now part of the USS Bowfin Submarine Museum & Park in Pearl Harbor, on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. Visitors can tour the submarine with an audio narration of life in the vessel during World War II .
USS Honolulu (SSN-718), was a Los Angeles-class submarine, and the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for Honolulu, Hawaii.The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 15 September 1977 and her keel was laid down on 10 November 1981.
The maximum safe diving depth of the I-400-class submarine was only 82% of its overall length, which presented problems if the submarine dived at too steep an angle in an emergency. [19] Because of their large aircraft hangars and conning tower, all I-400 -class boats had significant visual and radar signatures on the surface, and could be ...
USS Kamehameha (SSBN-642) was a Benjamin Franklin-class ballistic missile submarine and the only ship in the United States Navy to be named after Kamehameha I, the first King of Hawaii (c. 1758–1819). She is one of only two United States ships named after a monarch. a She was later reclassified as an attack submarine and re-designated SSN-642.
Subsequent 48-passenger submarines were launched in Kona, Maui, and Oahu on the Hawaiian Islands, and in Guam, Aruba, and Mexico during this period. In 1994, a 64-passenger submarine was designed and built for Oahu in Hawaii, which is, to this day, the largest tourist submarine in the world.
A submarine (or sub) is a watercraft capable of independent operation underwater. (It differs from a submersible, which has more limited underwater capability.) [2] The term “submarine” is also sometimes used historically or informally to refer to remotely operated vehicles and robots, or to medium-sized or smaller vessels (such as the midget submarine and the wet sub).
USS Hawaii (SSN-776), a Virginia-class submarine, is the first commissioned warship of the United States Navy to be named for the 50th state. (A previous large cruiser, or battlecruiser , USS Hawaii (CB-3) was launched, but never commissioned, and was named after the Territory of Hawaii .)
The submarine departed Pearl Harbor for her first three-month operational patrol on 27 October 2010. The location of her first deployment was not disclosed by the Navy. [13] In May 2012, Texas underwent a scheduled 20-month-long overhaul at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard in Hawaii. [14] [15] [16]