The bombers dropped bombs on American warships below, while the fighter planes targeted the U. Following both attacks, 19 U. In all, 2, servicemen and women were killed, 1, were wounded. Sixty-eight civilians—people who are not in the military—also lost their lives.
The attack lasted just under two hours. Repair crews went to work on the ships. Except for the U. Arizona, Utah, and Oklahoma, every damaged ship returned to sea.
In the nearly four years that followed, the U. Navy sank all of the Japanese aircraft carriers, battleships, and cruisers that participated in the Pearl Harbor attack. The United States and its allies— Britain , France , and Russia , among other countries—eventually won the war, defeating Japan and its allies, Germany and Italy.
However, the flaming oil slick cleared the ship, and the crew returned to battle mode. Held general quarters, manned all guns, commenced breaking out powder.
Commenced emergency repairs on main engines to get underway. Captain on the bridge. At opened fire with 5" guns 4 and 5 in local control at Japanese planes over Ford island and with all machine guns on attacking planes as they flew low past the nest heading to Northward from vicinity of Ford Island. At opened fire with 5" guns 1 and 2 in director control at horizontal bombers passing overhead in direction of Schofield Barracks.
At opened fire with fwd 5" and machine guns at planes strafing nest from direction of Pearl City. At planes crossing low ahead of nest to NE were taken under fire; one burst into flames and crashed in clump of trees in Aiea Heights and exploded.
At plane diving toward Ford Island from NE was shot down by combined fire of nest. At opened fire at planes strafing ahead and astern. At one plane attacking on stbd bow was shot down by nest and crashed in directions of Schofield Barracks. At opened fire on planes diving from port side of nest. Rounds fired gun 1, 20; gun 2, 24; gun 4, 30; gun 5, 40; machine guns rounds. Naval Air Station, Ford Island.
Sounded General Quarters and manned Battle Stations. Naval Air Station, Ford Island was bombed. Pacific Fleet opened fire on attacking planes. Opened fire with 50 caliber machine guns 1 and 2 at one torpedo plane. Opened fire with 5" A. Ship commenced listing to port. Ship shaken by four near bomb hits. Commander Battle Force returned aboard. LOUIS underway. Healy, U. OGALA capsized. Attack resumed by enemy aircraft.
Secured engineering plant. Navy Yard fuel oil barge came along port side to pump out fuel oil tanks and lighten ship. Moored as before. Inspected as to quantity by Lt. Japanese planes commenced torpedo attack on battleships in Pearl Harbor. Sounded General Quarters. Manning battery at General Quarters.
Ceased fire. Opened fire with main battery. As a result of bomb fragments, three casualties occurred as follows; the first two of which were subsequently transferred to the Naval Hospital, Pearl Harbor for further treatment, following first aid treatment by R.
Commander L. SHED, J. Standard speed 15 knots. Maneuvered to attack. Maneuvered to make second. The logs also documented the confusion caused by the surprise attack, recording false reports and tense investigations of unidentified ships and sonar contacts. In this log, the crew even gave descriptions of the mysterious group, describing them as wearing blue overalls with red emblems. Many of the logs contained detailed accounts of the damage caused by the attack.
In the two-hour attack, the U. Pacific Fleet was left nearly in ruins, with 8 battleships, 3 cruisers, and airplanes destroyed. It also reported ships that were hit by air torpedoes and sank. Many also reported their own success, including the USS Dale, which recorded prominently that the ship was able to shoot down an enemy aircraft.
The Maryland reported crew members performing several diving efforts to repair damaged parts to save the ship. Dive bombers. Control shifted to conning tower. Commanding Officer restored Lieutenant jg Nelson H. Parks, Jr. At a. Led by Captain Mitsuo Fuchida, the pilots spotted land and assumed their attack positions around a.
For nearly two hours, Japanese firepower rained down upon American ships and servicemen. While the attack inflicted significant destruction, the fact that Japan failed to destroy American repair shops and fuel-oil tanks mitigated the damage. Even more significantly, no American aircraft carriers were at Pearl Harbor that day. Within days, the Japanese were masters of the Pacific.
But a communications delay prevented a warning from reaching Pearl Harbor in time. The Americans missed another opportunity when an officer discounted a report from an Oahu-based radar operator that a large number of planes were headed their way.
At the White House, Roosevelt learned of the attack as he was finishing lunch and preparing to tend to his stamp collection. He spent the remainder of the afternoon receiving updates and writing the address he intended to deliver to Congress the following day asking for a declaration of war against Japan. As he drafted and redrafted the speech, Roosevelt focused on rallying the nation behind a war many had hoped to avoid. Daily routine put Paul G.
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