Photographs from the Attack on Pearl Harbor

NH-64482 USS Cassin (DD-372), capsized, and USS Downes (DD-375) in Drydock Number One at the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard on December 7, 1941, immediately following the Japanese attack. Both ships had been severely damaged by bomb hits and the resulting fires. In the background also in Drydock Number One, is USS Pennsylvania (BB-38), which had received relatively light damage in the raid.

NH-64498 Bow view of the capsized USS Utah (AG-16), as seen from the stern of USS Raleigh (CL-7) on December 12, 1941. Utah had been torpedoed and sunk during the Japanese attack five days earlier.

NH-75483 The Japanese carrier Kaga steams through heavy north Pacific seas, en route to attack Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The carrier Zuikaku is at the right.

NH-83063 USS Arizona (BB-39) burned out and sunk at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, after her fires were out, December 9, 1941. USS Tern (AM-31) and USS Navajo (AT-64) are alongside. USS Solace (AH-5) is in the center distance.

NH-83064 USS Arizona (BB-39) sunk at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, after her fires were out, December 9, 1941. USS Navajo (AT-64) and USS Tern (AM-31) are alongside, spraying water to cool here burned out forward superstructure and midships area. In the left center distance are the masts of USS West Virginia (BB-48) and USS Tennessee (BB-43).h

NH-83065 USS Maryland (BB-46) at berth F-5, with men working on the capsized hull of USS Oklahoma (BB-37) alongside, during or immediately after the Japanese attack. USS Tennessee (BB-43) is visible in the left background.

NH-83066 View looking toward 1010 Dock, with USS Oglala (CM-4) capsized in the foreground. To the left is USS Argonne (AG-31), with USS Sacremento (PG-19) barely visible beyond her.

NH-83993 View of the sunken USS Arizona's (BB-39) forward superstructure. The photograph was taken on February 17, 1942, as work began to remove the collapsed wreckage. The crane is removing Arizona's mainmast.

NH-84000 View of USS Shaw's (DD-373) wrecked bow section, severed from the rest of the ship by the explosion of her forward magazines during the December 7, 1941 Japanese air raid on Pearl Harbor. Photographed in the floating drydock YFD-2 on January 11, 1942, as salvage operations were underway. Guns visible are Shaw's forward 5""/38 mounts.

NH-84004 View taken on December 10, 1941, at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, showing the Arizona (BB-39) sunk at her moorings as a result of the Japanese attack on December 7. Ships in the background include (from left to center): USS Tangier (AV-8), USS Solace (AH-5), a Brooklyn class light cruiser, and the hulk of the old minelayer USS Baltimore (CM-1).

NH-84007 Closeup view of torpedo damage to the USS Oglala's (CM-4) port side midships hull, taken on July 4, 1942 in drydock at the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard. Oglala had been sunk beside Pearl Harbor's 1010 dock during the December 7, 1941 Japanese attack, but was not herself directly hit. The heavy damage to her hull seen here was caused by the explosion of an aerial torpedo on USS Helena (CL-50), which was alongside some eight feet distant from Oglala.

NH-95569 View of USS California (BB-44), taken a day or two after the Japanese raid. USS Bobolink (AM-20), at left, USS Vireo (AM-52) and YW-10 are off the battleship's stern, assisting with efforts to keep her afloat.

NH-96658 Japanese bomb explodes some twenty feet off the starboard side of USS Tangier (AV-8), forward of the bridge, during the Pearl Harbor air raid, December 7, 1941.

NH-97382 A harbor tug (YT) and a garbage lighter (YG) fighting fires on the battleship, after she was sunk at Pearl Harbor by Japanese bombs on December 7, 1941. This photograph may have been taken on the following day.

NH-97383 View of the starboard side of the sunken USS Arizona's (BB-39) collapsed foremast and midships area, taken at Pearl Harbor on December 9, 1941. On the opposite side of Arizona (BB-39) is USS Tern (AM-31), spraying water on the still-hot wreckage.

NH-97396 USS Nevada (BB-36) headed down channel after being intensely attacked by Japanese dive bombers. Photographed from Ford Island, with USS Avocet (AVP-4) in the foreground and the dredge line in the middle distance.

NH-97397 USS Nevada (BB-36) headed down channel past the Navy Yard's 1010 Dock, under Japanese air attack during her sortie from "Battleship Row". A camouflage Measure 5 false bow wave is faintly visible painted on the battleship's forward hull. Photographed from Ford Island. Small ship in the lower right is USS Avocet (AVP-4). Note fuel tank "farm" in the left center distance, beyond the submarine base.

NH-97399 Crew abandoning the damaged USS California (BB-44) as burning oil drifts down on the ship, at about 1000 hours on the morning of December 7, 1941, shortly after the end of the Japanese raid. The capsized hull of USS Oklahoma (BB-37) is visible at the right.

NH-97400 Crew abandoning the damaged USS California (BB-44) as burning oil drifts down on the ship, at about 1000 hours on the morning of December 7, 1941, shortly after the end of the Japanese raid. An Officers' Motor Boar is at the left.

NH-97401 USS Utah (AG-16) lies with her bottom up at Berth F-11, after she was torpedoed by Japanese planes and capsized on December 7, 1941. In the right background is USS Raleigh (CL-7) which is being assisted in staying afloat by a barge and a tug tied up along her port side.

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