ORIGINAL PEARL HARBOR PHOTOS Never
seen these before----must be somebody' s private pictures they saved all this time. These pic's are so clear....very
sad....but, good that we can see them.......... THE FELLOW WHO SENT THESE RECEIVED THEM FROM AN OLD
SHIPMATE ON THE USS QUAPAW
ATF-11O. INTERESTING AS HE'S NEVER SEEN THEM ANYWHERE ELSE. I THINK THEY'RE
SPECTACULAR. PEARL HARBOR December 7th, 1941
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
Lexingtonwas 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 LY: Arial" and
the airfields in Hickam, Kaneoheand 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.
Battleships
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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.
Cruisers
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USS New Orleans (CA-32) - Light Damage..
USS San Francisco (CA-38) - 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..
Destroyers
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USS Downes (DD-375) - Destroyed. Parts salvaged.
USS Cassin - (DD-372) Destroyed. Parts salvaged.
USS Shaw (DD-373) - Very heavy damage.
USS Helm (DD-388) - Light Damage.
Minelayer
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USS Ogala (CM-4) - Sunk but later raised and repaired.
Seaplane Tender
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USS Curtiss (AV-4) - Severely damaged but later repaired.
Repair Ship
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USS Vestal (AR-4) - Severely damaged but later repaired.
Harbor Tug
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USS Sotoyomo (YT-9) - Sunk but later raised and repaired.
Aircraft
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188 Aircraft destroyed (92 USN and 92 U.S. Army Air Corps.)
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