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Long lost but never forgotten 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 WakeIsland , 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 missingaircraft 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 c onsisted 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.


Battleships:


USS Arizona (BB-39) - Total loss when a bomb hit her magazine.


USS Oklahoma (BB-37) - T otal 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:


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. Later repaired.


USS Helena (CL-50) - Light Damage.


USS Honolulu (CL-48) - Light Damage.


Destroyers:


USS Downes (DD-375) - Destroyed. Parts salvaged.


USS Cassin (DD-372) - Destroyed. Parts salvaged.


USS Shaw (DD-373) - Very heavy damage.


USS Helm (DD-38 8) - Light Damage.


Minelayer:


USS Ogala (CM-4) Sunk, but later raised and repaired.


Seaplane Tender:


USS Curtiss (AV-4) - Severely damaged but later repaired.


Repair Ship:


USS Vestal (AR-4) - Severely damaged but later repaired.


Harbor Tug:


USS Sotoyomo (YT-9) Sunk, but later raised and repaired.


Aircraft


188 Aircraft destroyed (92 USN and 92 U.S Army Air Corps.)
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