Hale Hōʻikeʻike ʻo Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum ke hoʻomākaukau nei e wehe i nā puka o ka hale kiaʻi kaulana ʻo Ford Island Control ma ka lā hoʻomanaʻo ma hope o ka pani ʻia ʻana no nā makahiki he mau makahiki.
ʻO kahi mākaʻikaʻi hou, ʻo Top of the Tower Tour, kahi huakaʻi alakaʻi e komo ai i ka Hale Hana Hana mōʻaukala, ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike ahi, a me ka holo ʻeleʻele i ke kaʻa luna o ka hale kiaʻi hoʻomalu - ka piko o ka huakaʻi me nā hiʻohiʻona 360-degree. o ke kahua kaua mokulele o Pearl Harbor mai 168 kapuai ke kiekie. Hōʻike nā wikiō a me nā kiʻi mōʻaukala ma ke kaʻa luna i ka hopena o ka hoʻouka ʻana a me ka hopena, e hāʻawi ana i kahi ʻike hou o ka "lā e ola ai i ka hewa."
Hoʻokumu ʻia ka lalo o ka Operations Building e ka Pserving our National Treasure hōʻike, i noiʻi ʻia a hana ʻia e U-Haul®, e ʻimi ana i ka mōʻaukala o ka hale a me ka hale kiaʻi ma WWII a ma waho. Hōʻike pū ka hōʻike i ka moʻolelo WWII o nā mea hoʻokumu ʻo U-Haul, ʻo LS Ted lāua ʻo Anna Mary Cary Schoen, he moʻolelo ʻohana no ka lawelawe a me ke akamai.
"Ke kū nei ka Ford Island Control Tower ma ke ʻano he hōʻailona o ke kūpaʻa a me ka maluhia, e kū kiaʻi ana ma luna o kēia ʻāina hoʻāno," wahi a Elissa Lines, Luna Hoʻokele o Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum. "ʻO ka manawa kēia e ʻike ai ka honua iā Pearl Harbor mai kahi hiʻohiʻona lewa."
Ua wehe ʻia ka Ford Island Control Tower no nā hana ma Mei 30, 2022, no ka hoʻohanohano ʻana i ka lā hoʻomanaʻo. Ua hoʻomaka ke kaʻina hana hoʻihoʻi i ka makahiki 2012 a ʻoi aku ke kumukūʻai ma mua o $ 7 miliona a hiki i kēia lā. Ma kahi o 10 mau makahiki, ʻo ka hoʻoikaika ʻana: hoʻihoʻi i nā puka aniani a me nā paia, ka hoʻololi ʻana i 53 tons o ke kila i loko o ka hale kiaʻi ponoʻī e hoʻopaʻa i ka hale, a me ka hoʻonui ʻana i ke kaupaku, ka papahele, nā conduits uila, nā kukui, nā lumi hoʻomaha, a me nā keʻena keʻena. Ua hoʻohui pū ʻia ka ea.
ʻO ka pae hope loa e hoʻopau ʻia, ʻo ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i ka elevator mōʻaukala, e hāʻawi i ke ala mai ka papahele a hiki i ke kaʻa kaʻa luna. Me ke kālā mai ka ʻohana Schoen o U-Haul a me ka ʻike loea mai Otis Elevator Company, ua hoʻoponopono ʻia ka ʻōnaehana hoʻokiʻekiʻe e like me ka mea e pono ai no ka mālama ʻana i nā mea mōʻaukala o nā mea hana o ka makahiki 1940 a me ka mālama ʻana i nā hana palekana. E ʻae ka elevator i nā malihini e piʻi i 15 mau moʻolelo i ka hōʻikeʻike kaʻa luna a me ka deck nānā. ʻO kahi papahana hope loa, ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana i nā puka makani o waho, i hoʻopaʻa ʻia no kēia makahiki.
"Mai ka hale kiaʻi, he mea maʻalahi ke noʻonoʻo i ka ua nui o nā pōkā a me nā pōkā e iho mai ana, e hū ana i ke ahi, ka haunaele, a me ka make," wahi a Rod Bengston, Luna Hoʻokele o nā Hōʻike, Hoʻihoʻi, a me nā lawelawe Curatorial. "I kēia manawa, e hiki nō i nā malihini ke hoʻomaopopo i ke ʻano o ka maluhia a me ka maluhia e hiki mai ana mai ka ʻike mōʻaukala."
Wahi a Bengston, ka mea nāna i hoʻolālā i ka hōʻike ma ke kaʻa kaʻa luna, hiki ke ʻike ʻia nā pūnaewele aʻe mai ka hale kiaʻi.
- ʻO Battleship Row, kahi i ʻewalu mau moku kaua Navy US (USS Arizona, USS Oklahoma, USS West Virginia, USS Hawaii, USS Nevada, USS Tennessee, USS Maryland, a me USS Pennsylvania) ua pōʻino a pōʻino, me ʻehā pohō;
- Na kahua kaua a me na kahua mokulele ma Hickam, Wheeler, Bellows, Ewa, Schofield, a me Kaneohe, kahi i hoopahu ia aku ai he 188 mau mokulele koa US;
- Ewa Plains, kahi i hoʻomaka ai ka Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service i ka hoʻouka kaua;
- ʻO ka Lae Halemai, kahi i kau ʻia ai ka USS Nevada;
- ʻO ke ala holo moku ʻo Ford Island, nā hale moku a puni, a me nā hale kaulana
- ʻO ka Pearl Harbor National Memorial e hōʻike ana i ka USS Arizona Hoʻomanaʻo, a me ka moku kaua HawaiiMemorial, a me ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike ʻo Pacific Fleet Submarine.
Ua hoʻoikaika ʻia ke kālā no ka hoʻihoʻi hou ʻana o ka Ford Island Control Tower e nā haʻawina lokomaikaʻi mai ka Mokuʻāina ʻo Hawaii, Emil Buehler Perpetual Trust, Freeman Foundation, Historic Hawaii Foundation, James Gorman Family Foundation, OFS Brands, Dave Lau. , a me Sharon Elske, Alexander "Sandy" Gaston, Robert A. a me Susan C. Wilson Foundation, The RK Mellon Family Foundation, CDR and Mrs. Edward P. Keough, Larry and Suzanne Turley, a me ka US Department of Defense, a me na mea he nui. kanaka a me na hui.
Aia ʻo Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum ma ke kahua kaua mokulele WWII o ʻAmelika, ʻo ia kekahi o nā wahi liʻiliʻi o ka mōʻaukala kokoke i 250 makahiki o ko mākou ʻāina kahi i hoʻouka ʻia ai ʻo ʻAmelika e kekahi ʻenemi haole ma kona ʻāina ponoʻī. Mai nā hōʻailona strafing ma ko mākou kahua a hiki i nā hiʻohiʻona kupaianaha o ka moku kaua kaulana loa i ka mōʻaukala ʻAmelika, ʻaʻole e poina ka ʻike mai ka hale kiaʻi.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- A new tour, Top of the Tower Tour, is a guided tour that includes access to the historic Operations Building, the Firehouse Exhibit, and an elevator ride to the upper cab of the control tower – the pinnacle of the tour with 360-degree views of the Pearl Harbor aviation battlefield from 168 feet high.
- From the strafing marks on our grounds to the incredible views of the most famous battleship in American history, the view from the tower is not to be missed.
- The bottom of the Operations Building is anchored by the Preserving our National Treasure exhibit, researched and fabricated by U-Haul®, which explores the history of the building and tower in WWII and beyond.
