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Navy talk), where the 30,000-pound anchors are “dropped” on 1,080 feet of anchor chain; the
16-inch guns (each 65 ft. long and weighing 116 tons), which can accurately fire a 2,700-pound
shell some 23 miles in 50 seconds; and the spot where the Instrument of Surrender was signed
as Douglas MacArthur, Chester Nimitz, and “Bull” Halsey looked on.
Battleship Row, Pearl Harbor.
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877/MIGHTY-MO
[644-4896].
www.ussmissouri.com
. Admission $20 adults, $10
children 4-12. Mighty Mo Tour (35 min.), Battle Stations Tour (90 min.) $25 extra. Daily 8am-5pm; guided tours
9:30am-4:30pm. Check in at the USS
Bowfin
Submarine Museum, next to the USS
Arizona
Memorial Visitor Center.
Drive west on H-1 past the airport, take the USS
Arizona
Memorial exit, and follow the brown-and-white signs; there's
ample free parking. Bus: 20.
WaikikiAquarium
★★★
Do not miss this! Half of Hawaii is its underwater world, so plan to
spend at least 2 hours discovering it. Behold the chambered nautilus, nature's submarine and
inspiration for Jules Verne's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. You may see this tropical spiral-
shelled cephalopod mollusk—the only living one born in captivity—any day of the week here.
Its natural habitat is the deep waters of Micronesia, but aquarium director Bruce Carlson not
only succeeded in trapping the pearly shell in 1,500 feet of water (by dangling chunks of raw
tuna), but also managed to breed this ancient relative of the octopus. Plenty of other fish also
inhabit this small but first-class aquarium, located on a live coral reef. The Hawaiian reef hab-
itat features sharks, eels, a touch tank, and habitats for the endangered Hawaiian monk seal
and green sea turtle. There's also a rotating biodiversity exhibit and interactive displays focus-
ing on corals and coral reefs.
2777 Kalakaua Ave. (across from Kapiolani Park).
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808/923-9741.
www.waquarium.org
.
Admission $9 adults; $6 active
military, seniors, and college students; $4 children 13-17; $2 children 5-12; and free for children 4 and under. Daily
9am-5pm. Bus: 2.
