Thought
you might find these photo's very interesting, what
quality from 1941.
Pearl Harbor Photos found in an old Brownie
stored in a foot locker
PEARL
HARBOR
December
7th, 1941
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Pearl
Harbor
On
Sunday,
December 7th, 1941
the Japanese launched a surprise attack against the
U.S.
Forces stationed at
Pearl
Harbor
,
Hawaii
. By planning his attack on a Sunday, the Japanese
commander Admiral Nagumo, hoped to catch the entire
fleet in port. As luck would have it, the Aircraft
Carriers and one of the Battleships were not in port.
(The USS Enterprise was returning from
Wake
Island
,
where it had just delivered some aircraft. The USS
Lexington was ferrying aircraft to Midway, and the USS
Saratoga and USS Colorado were undergoing repairs in
the
United
States
.)
In spite of the latest intelligence reports about the
missing aircraft carriers (his most important
targets), Admiral Nagumo decided to continue the
attack with his force of six carriers and 423
aircraft. At a range of 230 miles north of
Oahu
,
he launched the first wave of a two-wave attack.
Beginning at 0600 hours his first wave consisted of
183 fighters and torpedo bombers which struck at the
fleet in
Pearl
Harbor
and the airfields in Hickam,
Kaneohe
and Ewa. The second strike, launched at 0715 hours,
consisted of 167 aircraft, which again struck at the
same targets.
At 0753 hours the first wave consisting of 40 Nakajima
B5N2 "Kate" torpedo bombers, 51 Aichi D3A1
"Val" dive bombers, 50 high altitude bombers
and 43 Zeros struck airfields and Pearl Harbor Within
the next hour, the second wave arrived and continued
the attack.
When it was over, the U.S. losses were:
Casualties
USA
: 218 KIA, 364 WIA.
USN: 2,008 KIA, 710 WIA.
USMC: 109 KIA, 69 WIA.
Civilians: 68 KIA, 35 WIA.
TOTAL: 2,403 KIA, 1,178 WIA.
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Battleships
USS Arizona (BB-39) - total loss when a bomb hit her
magazine.
USS Oklahoma (BB-37) - Total loss when she capsized
and sunk in the harbor.
USS California (BB-44) - Sunk at her berth. Later
raised and repaired.
USS West Virginia (BB-48) - Sunk at her berth. Later
raised and repaired.
USS Nevada - (BB-36) Beached to prevent sinking. Later
repaired.
USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) - Light damage.
USS Maryland (BB-46) - Light damage.
USS Tennessee (BB-43) Light damage.
USS Utah (AG-16) - (former battleship used as a
target) - Sunk.
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Cruisers
USS New Orleans (CA-32) - Light Damage..
USS San Francisco (CA38) - Light Damage.
USS Detroit (CL-8) - Light Damage.
USS Raleigh (CL-7) - Heavily damaged but repaired.
USS Helena (CL-50)
- Light Damage.
USS Honolulu
(CL-48) - Light Damage..
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Destroyers
USS Downes (DD-375) - Destroyed. Parts salvaged.
USS Cassin - (DD-37 2) Destroyed. Parts salvaged.
USS Shaw (DD-373) - Very heavy damage.
USS Helm (DD-388) - Light Damage.
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Minelayer
USS Ogala (CM-4) - Sunk but later raised and repaired.
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Seaplane Tender
USS Curtiss (AV-4) - Severely damaged but later
repaired.
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Repair Ship
USS Vestal (AR-4) - Severely damaged but later
repaired.
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Harbor Tug
USS Sotoyomo (YT-9) - Sunk but later raised and
repaired.
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Aircraft
188 Aircraft destroyed (92 USN and 92
U.S.
Army Air Corps.)