A while back (2008) Nauticalwolf was posting a running tutorial on how he was rebuilding Pearl Harbor. He never finished but the thread is here:
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=135926
Most of the links are broken and pictures gone but you can get an idea of what he did. I think I kept some of the example files. If you want them PM me.
I second the "Bravo Zulu" for sofu gan