PEARL HARBOR .........December 7th, 1941

[Teresa Heilevang]

((Was going to put all of these in "my sideshow thread" but since we can't take the automatic start out of them..
 it is best to keep them separate..so it doesn't slow down the computers who don't have fast speed. )) ..

PEARL HARBOR  .........December 7th, 1941

Thought you might find these photos very interesting; GREAT quality from 1941.

 I THINK THEY'RE SPECTACULAR!

 






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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< /st1:country-region> : 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 whe 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.)

[tombogan03884]

If the Japanese had not destroyed or severely damaged all our Pacific Fleet Battleships the Admirals would have attempted to fight the war with them despite the fact that the sinking of two British Battleships. The heavy reliance by the Japanese on Carrier Air power would have left us at a severe disadvantage that could have caused us to lose the war.
Instead the Admirals were forced to develop a strategy relying on Carriers  that allowed our greater industrial out put to overwhelm Japan.

[twyacht]

The "Sleeping Giant" hasn't been woken up since. Many tragic events since then have almost done it. 9/11 came the closest.

But the "masses" thanks to our "International Relations/Image", run by politicians, put the Giant back to sleep.

My Flag still flies in my yard....

[tt11758]

The "Sleeping Giant" hasn't been woken up since. Many tragic events since then have almost done it. 9/11 came the closest.

But the "masses" thanks to our "International Relations/Image", run by politicians, put the Giant back to sleep.

My Flag still flies in my yard....

Thinking of lowering mine to half-staff to mourn the death of the Constitution under this administration.