Remember
Pearl Harbor
7 December
1941
12/07 Sun.
REMEMBER PEARL HARBOR. Japanese
carrier-based
horizontal
bombers, dive bombers,
torpedo
bombers, and fighters totaling 360 aircraft from
naval
Striking Force (Vice Adm. C. Nagumo)
heavily attack
ships of the United
States Pacific Fleet and
military
installations at Pearl harbor and other places on
Oahu, T.
H. Navy Yard and Naval Base, Pearl
Harbor; Naval
Air Station, Ford
Island; Naval Patrol Plane
Station,
Kaneohe; Marine Corps airfield, Ewa; Army
airfields
Hickam, Wheeler, and Bellows are
damaged; 188
Naval and Army
aircraft are
destroyed.
.
Killed or
missing:
.
| Navy |
2,004 |
Marine Corps |
108 |
Army |
222 |
.
Wounded
.
| Navy |
912 |
Marine Corps |
75 |
Army |
360 |
The casualty list
includes 2,335
servicemen and 68 civilians killed, and 1,178
wounded. Included are 1,104
men
aboard the USS Arizona battleship killed after
a 1,760 pound air bomb
penetrated
into the forward magazine causing
catastrophic explosions."
United States naval
vessels sunk
by air attack:
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Battleship
OKLAHOMA (BB-37)
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Battleship
ARIZONA (BB-39)
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Battleship
CALIFORNIA (BB-44)
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Battleship
WEST VIRGINA (BB-48)
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Minelayer
OGALA (CM-4)
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Target
ship
UTAH (AG-16)
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[All ships sunk,
except ARIZONA,
OKLAHOMA, and UTAH,
were raised, repaired, and
subsequently
returned to service.]
United States naval
vessels damaged:
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Battleship
NEVADA (BB-36)
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Battleship
PENNSYLVANIA (BB-38)
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Battleship
TENNESSEE (BB-43)
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Battleship
MARYLAND (BB-46)
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Light
Cruiser
RALEIGH (CL-7)
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Light
Cruiser
HONOLULU (CL-48)
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Light
Cruiser
HELENA (CL-50)
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Destroyer
CASSIN (DD-372)
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Destroyer
SHAW (DD-373)
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Destroyer
DOWNES (DD-375)
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Seaplane
Tender
CURTISS (AV-4)
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Repair
Ship
VESTAL (AR-4)
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[Personnel casualty
statistics for
the Pearl Harbor attack have been revised
several times after
evaluation
of new data. The figures presented here were
compiled in 1955 from
official
sources.]
Japanese Losses:
Japanese lose 5 midget
submarines,
28 aircraft, and fewer than 100 men.
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This Web Page was
created
by and
is maintained by Paul D.
Henriott
Last updated 25 March
February
2006
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