Hawaii Bases – Page 18 – Philippine-Sailor

Media Category: Hawaii Bases

Hawaii has many military bases, so this a category for them

Zo749

Zo749. This is one of several images of the Battle of Midway, 4th June 1942, which are displayed in the hall ways of the Pearl Harbor Exchange (NEX). The pictures were shot on the 23rd of June 2020 and may be downloaded in high resolution from my Flickr album.

Zo748

Zo748. This is one of several images of the Battle of Midway, 4th June 1942, which are displayed in the hall ways of the Pearl Harbor Exchange (NEX). The pictures were shot on the 23rd of June 2020 and may be downloaded in high resolution from my Flickr album.

Zo747

Zo747. This is one of several images of the Battle of Midway, 4th June 1942, which are displayed in the hall ways of the Pearl Harbor Exchange (NEX). The pictures were shot on the 23rd of June 2020 and may be downloaded in high resolution from my Flickr album.

Zo684

Zo684. The rusting remains of LST-480 at 21°21′26.04″N 157°59′50.05″W. When I was an instructor in the Pearl Harbor Diving School 1973-75, we had our diving students do their long swims here and nearby we did our salvage training. Image, curtesy of Wikipedia.

Zo683

Zo683. Pearl Harbor naval base. The West Loch is the arm of Pearl Harbor on the left side of the image. Image, curtesy of Wikipedia.

Zo682

Zo682. USS Hammerberg (DE-1015) underway in 1957. (PC: US Navy), USS Hammerberg (DE-1015), 1955-1974, was named in honor of BM2 Owen F.P. Hammerberg. Image and the text are curtesy of Ned Forney’s Facebook page, Writer and Saluting America’s Veterans

Zo681

Zo681. Owen Hammerberg’s final resting place at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Southfield, Michigan. (PC: findagrave). Image and the text are curtesy of Ned Forney’s Facebook page, Writer and Saluting America’s Veterans

Zo680

Zo680. Boatswain’s Mate Second Class and Navy Deep Sea Diver Owen Francis Patrick Hammerberg, United States Navy. Image and the text below are curtesy of Ned Forney’s Facebook page, Writer and Saluting America’s Veterans

Zo679

Zo679. Smoke rises from the wreck of USS LST-480, at right, as tugs and other craft try to put out her fires. At left is USS LST-39, also burning, with men on her bow ramp, probably removing cargo, and other vessels alongside and nearby. Photograph is dated 22 May 1944, the day after the explosion. Image, curtesy of Wikipedia.

Zo688

Zo488. LST-480 on 22 May 1944.
Overhead view of the burning hulk of USS LST-480 in the West Loch at Pearl Harbor, 22 May 1944. The yard craft with her bow on the stern of LST-480 appears to be a self-propeller covered lighter.
Unknown author – Photo from the Army Signal Corps Collection in the US National Archives. Photo # SC 276944. Image, curtesy of Wikipedia.