Naval Air Station, Ford Island. Sounded General Quarters and manned Battle Stations. Naval Air Station, Ford Island was bombed. Pacific Fleet opened fire on attacking planes. Opened fire with 50 caliber machine guns 1 and 2 at one torpedo plane.
Opened fire with 5" A. Ship commenced listing to port. Ship shaken by four near bomb hits. Commander Battle Force returned aboard. LOUIS underway. Healy, U. OGALA capsized. Attack resumed by enemy aircraft. Secured engineering plant. Navy Yard fuel oil barge came along port side to pump out fuel oil tanks and lighten ship. Moored as before. Inspected as to quantity by Lt. Japanese planes commenced torpedo attack on battleships in Pearl Harbor.
Sounded General Quarters. Manning battery at General Quarters. Ceased fire. Opened fire with main battery. As a result of bomb fragments, three casualties occurred as follows; the first two of which were subsequently transferred to the Naval Hospital, Pearl Harbor for further treatment, following first aid treatment by R.
Commander L. SHED, J. Standard speed 15 knots. Maneuvered to attack. Maneuvered to make second. The logs also documented the confusion caused by the surprise attack, recording false reports and tense investigations of unidentified ships and sonar contacts.
In this log, the crew even gave descriptions of the mysterious group, describing them as wearing blue overalls with red emblems. Many of the logs contained detailed accounts of the damage caused by the attack.
In the two-hour attack, the U. Pacific Fleet was left nearly in ruins, with 8 battleships, 3 cruisers, and airplanes destroyed. It also reported ships that were hit by air torpedoes and sank. Many also reported their own success, including the USS Dale, which recorded prominently that the ship was able to shoot down an enemy aircraft. The Maryland reported crew members performing several diving efforts to repair damaged parts to save the ship.
Dive bombers. Control shifted to conning tower. Commanding Officer restored Lieutenant jg Nelson H. Parks, Jr. Commenced getting up steam and making all preparations for getting underway. Various destroyers standing out of harbor. OGALA getting underway. Burning enemy plane fell on U. Received report that Rear Admiral W. Anderson came aboard at Japanese submarines reported inside and outside of Pearl Harbor.
OGALA sank alongside dock. SHAW in floating drydock enveloped in flames. BOGGS standing in. DEWEY standing out. Pumping in forward trunks not showing progress. BEHAM dropping depth charges to north channel. They moved silently until they closed in on the Hawaiian Islands.
The bombers dropped bombs on American warships below, while the fighter planes targeted the U. Following both attacks, 19 U. In all, 2, servicemen and women were killed, 1, were wounded.
Sixty-eight civilians—people who are not in the military—also lost their lives. The attack lasted just under two hours. Repair crews went to work on the ships. Except for the U. Arizona, Utah, and Oklahoma, every damaged ship returned to sea. In the nearly four years that followed, the U. Navy sank all of the Japanese aircraft carriers, battleships, and cruisers that participated in the Pearl Harbor attack.
At about 8 a. Bombs and bullets rained onto the vessels moored below. At , a 1,pound bomb smashed through the deck of the battleship USS Arizona and landed in her forward ammunition magazine. The ship exploded and sank with more than 1, men trapped inside. Next, torpedoes pierced the shell of the battleship USS Oklahoma. With sailors aboard, the Oklahoma lost her balance, rolled onto her side and slipped underwater.
In all, the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor crippled or destroyed nearly 20 American ships and more than airplanes. Dry docks and airfields were likewise destroyed. Most important, 2, sailors, soldiers and civilians were killed and about 1, people were wounded.
But the Japanese had failed to cripple the Pacific Fleet. Some had returned to the mainland and others were delivering planes to troops on Midway and Wake Islands. As a result, the U. Navy was able to rebound relatively quickly from the attack. President Franklin D. Roosevelt addressed a joint session of the U. Congress on December 8, the day after the crushing attack on Pearl Harbor. I believe I interpret the will of the Congress and of the people when I assert that we will not only defend ourselves to the uttermost, but will make very certain that this form of treachery shall never endanger us again.
After the Pearl Harbor attack, and for the first time during years of discussion and debate, the American people were united in their determination to go to war. For the second time, Congress reciprocated, declaring war on the European powers. Start your free trial today. But if you see something that doesn't look right, click here to contact us! Subscribe for fascinating stories connecting the past to the present.
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