Meet Our New Executive Director: Andrew “Homer” Ring

by Aubrey | Jun 23, 2025 | news, uss bowfin

Meet Our New Executive Director: Andrew “Homer”...

Museum Executive Director Chuck Merkel Wraps Up Nine Years Heading the Pacific Fleet Submarine Museum

by Aubrey | May 25, 2025 | news, uss bowfin

Museum Executive Director Chuck Merkel Wraps Up Nine Years Heading the Pacific Fleet Submarine Museum The Pacific Fleet Submarine Memorial Association’s annual meeting every May 1 commemorates the commissioning of the USS Bowfin submarine into service. This year’s...

Pacific Fleet Submarine Museum Announces Leadership Transition as Charles Merkel Retires and Homer Ring Takes the Helm

by Aubrey | Jan 7, 2025 | news, us navy

Pacific Fleet Submarine Museum Announces Leadership Transition as Charles Merkel Retires and Homer Ring Takes the Helm   The Pacific Fleet Submarine Museum (PFSM) announced today that Executive Director Charles “Chuck” Merkel will retire on May 1, marking the end...

Jake Finds A New Home at Bowfin’s Gift Shop

by superadmin | Feb 21, 2020 | artifact, gift shop, museum, news, WWII History

Take a selfie in front of our JAKE Mark V #USSBowfinMuseumJAKE is our 1961 Mark V Mod 1 standard diving dress, equipment for deep sea diving. This artifact received a thorough and much-needed cleaning.  The boot soles and belt weights, made of lead, were deteriorating...

Construction Update – February 2020

by superadmin | Feb 17, 2020 | construction, museum, news, updates

What is going on with the construction? Well, a lot!  MUSEUMAll of the structural steel was delivered and the new museum wing is taking shape. The installation of the roof for the new entry way has started. There has been a ton of progress on the museum interior where...