Photographs from the Attack on Pearl Harbor

80-G-32477 Wrecked hangar at the Ford Island Naval Air Station seaplane base on 8 December 1941, the day after the Japanese air attack. In the right foreground is a destroyed OS2U floatplane. Another OS2U (marked ""2-O-3"") is under repair to the left.

80-G-32478 Attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese, December 7, 1941.

80-G-32479 Attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese, December 7, 1941.

80-G-32480 View taken from atop a building at Ford Island Naval Air Station, looking over Hanger # 37 toward the Navy Yard, during the Japanese air raid. In the left distance are the mast tops of USS Pennsylvania (BB-38), in Navy Yard Drydock #1. Mast tops in center are those of USS Nevada (BB-36). Smoke is from Nevada and the burning destroyers Cassin (DD-372), Downes (DD-375) and Shaw (DD-373). Planes in the foreground include two Grumman J2F and one Douglas RD-3. Two SBDs are inside Hangar # 37.

80-G-32481 Attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese, December 7, 1941.

80-G-32482 Attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese, December 7, 1941.

80-G-32483 Attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese, December 7, 1941.

80-G-32484 Attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese, December 7, 1941.

80-G-32485 USS Arizona (BB-39) sunk and burning after the Japanese attack, 7 December 1941. Her forward magazines had exploded when she was hit by a Japanese bomb, resulting in the collapse of structure below her two forward turrets and superstructure. The tug Hoga (YT-146) is alongside, fighting fires on board the wrecked battleship.

80-G-32486 The capsized USS Oklahoma (BB-37) and the USS Maryland (BB-46) after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941.

80-G-32487 Attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese, December 7, 1941.

80-G-32488 Attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese, December 7, 1941.

80-G-32489 Attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese, December 7, 1941.

80-G-32490 Attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese, December 7, 1941.

80-G-32492 Sandbagged .30 caliber machine gun emplacement with gun crew on alert, at the seaplane base near Ford Island's southern tip, soon after the Japanese attack. Note wind sock atop hangar at right, PBY patrol plane warming up by the corner of the hangar, another PBY in the center distance, and three SOC floatplanes at left with the beached battleship Nevada (BB-36) beyond. Sandbags are marked "Permanente".

80-G-32493 Attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese, December 7, 1941.

80-G-32494 Planes and hangers wrecked in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941.

80-G-32495 Attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese, December 7, 1941.

80-G-32496 Attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese, December 7, 1941.

80-G-32497 Sailors at Naval Air Station Ford Island reloading ammunition clips and belts, probably around the time of the attack's second wave. Note what appears to be a seaplane boarding gangway at top left, and beached motor launches in upper right. Also note variety of uniforms worn by those present.

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