Photographs from the Attack on Pearl Harbor

80-G-1021538 The burned-out, sunken wreck of USS Arizona (BB-39), photographed some days after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

80-G-13040 Japanese Type 00 Carrier Fighter (""Zero"") that crashed at Fort Kamehameha, near Pearl Harbor, during the attack. This plane, which had tail code ""A1-154"" and a red band around its rear fuselage, came from the aircraft carrier Akagi.

80-G-182248 The Commanding Officer of the Japanese aircraft carrier Shokaku watches as planes take off to attack Pearl Harbor, during the morning of December 7, 1941. The Kanji inscription at left is an exhortation to pilots to do their duty.

80-G-182249 A Japanese Navy Type 97 Carrier Attack Plane ("Kate") takes off from the aircraft carrier Shokaku, en route to attack Pearl Harbor, during the morning of December 7, 1941.

80-G-182252 A Japanese Navy "Zero" fighter (tail code A1-108) takes off from the aircraft carrier Akagi, on its way to attack Pearl Harbor during the morning of December 7, 1941.

80-G-182259 Japanese Navy Type 99 Carrier Bombers ("Val") prepare to take off from an aircraft carrier during the morning of December 7, 1941. Ship in the background is the carrier Soryu.

80-G-19931 Japanese Type 00 Carrier Fighter ("Zero") trailing smoke after it was hit by anti-aircraft fire during the attack. The masthead machinegun platform of a battleship is visible in the lower right.

80-G-19938 USS Raleigh (CL-7) is kept afloat by a barge lashed alongside, after she was damaged by a Japanese torpedo and a bomb, December 7, 1941. The barge has salvage pontoons YSP-14 and YSP-13 on board. The capsized hull of USS Utah (AG-16) is visible astern of Raleigh.

80-G-19939 USS Shaw (DD-373) wrecked in floating drydock YFD-2 on 7 December 1941, with fires nearly out but structure still smoking. Her bow had been blown off by the explosion of her forward magazines, after she was set afire by Japanese dive bombing attacks. In the right distance are the damaged and listing USS California (BB-44) and a dredge.

80-G-19941 Rescue teams at work on the capsized hull of USS Oklahoma (BB-37), seeking crew members trapped inside, December 7, 1941. The starboard bilge keel is visible at the top of the upturned hull. Officers' Motor Boats from USS Oklahoma and USS Argonne (AG-31) are in the foreground. USS Maryland (BB-46) is in the background.

80-G-19943 The wrecked destroyers USS Downes (DD-375) and USS Cassin (DD-372) in Drydock One at the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, soon after the end of the Japanese air attack. Cassin has capsized against Downes. USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) is astern, occupying the rest of the drydock.

80-G-19945 The sunken battleship USS West Virginia (BB-48) after her fires were out, possibly on December 8, 1941. USS Tennessee (BB-48) is inboard. An OS2U floatplane (marked "4-O-3" is upside down on USS West Virginia's main deck. A second OS2U is partially burned out atop the Turrent #3 catapult.

80-G-19947 USS West Virginia (BB-48) aflame.

80-G-19949 USS Maryland (BB-46) alongside the capsized USS Oklahoma (BB-37). USS West Virginia (BB-48) is burning in the background.

80-G-19951 Oil fires burning on the water near Ford Island in the morning of 7 December 1941, shortly after the conclusion of the Japanese raid. USS Maryland (BB-46) is in the center background. A harbor tug is at right.

80-G-20047 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

80-G-21217 Wheeler Air Field and Schofield Barracks under attack, as seen from a Japanese Navy plane. Most of the smoke comes from planes burning on the Wheeler Field apron in the center.

80-G-22158 Interior of the cockpit of a Japanese Navy Type 00 Carrier Fighter (A6M2) ("Zero") which crashed into Building 52 at Fort Kamehameha, Oahu, during the December 7, 1941 raid on Pearl Harbor. The pilot, who was killed, was NAP1/c Takeshi Hirano. Plane's tail code was "AI-154". Note the U.S. manufactured Fairchild Radio Compass in the upper center (Compass Model RC-4, Serial #484). It was tuned in on 760 KC.

80-G-22162 Tail of a Japanese Navy Type 00 Carrier Fighter (A6M2) ("Zero") which crash landed on Niihau Island, Territory of Hawaii, on December 7, 1941, following the raid on Pearl Harbor. The plane's tail code was "BII-120". It came from the carrier Hiryu and landed on Niihau after running low on fuel. Some of the rudder's fabric covering has been cut off by souvenir hunters.

80-G-266626 USS Utah (AG-16) capsizing off Ford Island after being torpedoed by Japanese aircraft on December 7, 1941. Photographed from USS Tangier (AV-8), which was moored astern of USS Utah. Note colors half-raised over fantail, boats nearby, and sheds covering Utah's after guns.

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