Team Adam's Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 (edited) 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 st ruck 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 075 3 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 US Army: 218 KIA, 364 WIA. US Navy: 2,008 KIA, 710 WIA. US MarineCorp: 109 KIA, 69 WIA. Civilians: 68 KIA, 35 WIA. TOTAL: 2,403 KIA, 1,178 WIA. ------------------------------<wbr>------------------- 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-4 4) - 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. ------------------------------<wbr>------------------------------<wbr>------------------------------<wbr>------------------------------<wbr>-- 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 but repaired. USS Helena (CL-50) - Light Damage. USS Honolulu (CL-48) - Light Damage.. -------------------------- -- ---------------------------- ------------------------------<wbr>------------------------------<wbr>--- Destroyers USS Downes (DD-375) - Destroyed. Parts salvaged. USS Cassin - (DD -3 7 2) Destroyed. Parts salvaged. USS Shaw (DD-373) - Very heavy damage. USS Helm (DD-388) - Light Damage. ------------------------------<wbr>------------------------------<wbr>------------------------------<wbr>---------------------------- Minelayer USS Ogala (CM-4) - Sunk but later raised and repaired. ------------------------------<wbr>------------------------------<wbr>---------------------- Seaplane Tender USS Curtiss (AV-4) - Severely damaged but later repaired. ------------------------------<wbr>------------------------------<wbr>------------------------ Repair Ship USS Vestal (AR-4) - Severely damaged but later repaired. ------------------------------<wbr>------------------------------<wbr>------------------------ Harbor Tug USS Sotoyomo (YT-9) - Sunk but later raised and repaired. ------------------------------<wbr>------------------------------<wbr>------------------------------<wbr>-- Aircraft 188 Aircraft destroyed (92 USN and 92 U.S. Army Air Corps.) Edited May 23, 2009 by Adam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loud Pedal Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 Amazing pictures! I'm a huge history and aviation fan. Thanks for the pics Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team Adam's Posted May 22, 2009 Author Share Posted May 22, 2009 Great pictures, inaccurate description. Sorry Steve-O. http://www.snopes.com/photos/military/pearlharbor.asp Scroll to the bottom of the page and read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team Adam's Posted May 22, 2009 Author Share Posted May 22, 2009 Great pictures, inaccurate description. Sorry Steve-O. http://www.snopes.com/photos/military/pearlharbor.asp Scroll to the bottom of the page and read. Darn, I should have known they were too good to be true. I need to talk to my friend who emailed me that one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 The day after 9/11 we should have declared war. 2,752 human lives lost that day............more than Pearl Harbor. Tragedy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NTHEWIND Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 The day after 9/11 we should have declared war. 2,752 human lives lost that day............more than Pearl Harbor. Tragedy. Declared war on who or what country? I think the president declared 'war' on terrorist??? Later, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
70'sChevyGirl Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 I was born on Dec 7. It is one day that I always got right in History class. Cool pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 Declared war on who or what country? I think the president declared 'war' on terrorist??? Later, I know you're right. It just still gets to me, that's all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
11chevz71 Posted May 23, 2009 Share Posted May 23, 2009 Great PIcs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ss-truck Posted May 23, 2009 Share Posted May 23, 2009 It is terrible to know that such a horrible event could happend to our great country . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
challenger Posted May 24, 2009 Share Posted May 24, 2009 Wow Amazing pictures. its amazing seeing that what those people went through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjwvette Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 Great pic's:patriot: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerryC Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 I went to Hawaii in 2003 and one of our stops was at the memorial, it's really moving, especially being able to see the entire USS Arizona just feet below the surface Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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