Ft DeRussy Museum

I took a short walk to visit the Ft DeRussy Museum in Waikiki.

The walk was very nice on this typical Hawaiian day.  

The Fort DeRussy Chapel

A lot of my pictures are of pictures that were in the museum. This is picture of what Ft. DeRussy looks like currently. The museum is actually in the old Randolph Battery. 

Battery Randolph is a massive reinforced concrete emplacement with roofs as much as 12 feet thick. The battery was built around 1911 for two 14 inch guns that could fire projectiles as far as 14 miles. It was built so strong that they could not knock it down when they tried. 

So it was left standing and later turned into a museum.

It's rather neat as the interior was not entirely remodeled either. This is where they prepared for loading one of the big guns on top of the building. The Shells were lifted by the chains and then would be slid along the ceiling rails through the hall and hoisted up to the guns.

Also inside are a number of other exhibits. The guns on the roof were much bigger than this one.

Beach's looked a little less inviting in 1942 when there was barbwire across them but it did not stop these beach goers.

I just took this picture because it looks similar to the plane from Tale-Spin.

It looks a lot different now. My apartment is now located in that big grassy area.

This is an assortment of the weapons used by the U.S. troops.

This is a mock up of an old Hawaiian bar.

This is the Gallery of Heroes to honor Hawaii's citizens who served in the Nation's defense. The focus of the Gallery is on the recipients of the Nation's two highest awards of valor, the Medal of Honor and the Distinguished Service Cross, or its equivalents, the Navy Cross and the Air Force Cross. 

Some big equipment is on display outside.

Including this AH-1G Cobra on the roof. This one was built in 1967 and is very similar to the S model.  The S was the first U.S. Army helicopter designed to preform attack missions and initially flew in 1965.

This is the long narrow 'hallway' that you take to leave the museum.