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Pearl Harbour
American involvement in second World War started
with
attack by Japan on American military bases in
Pearl Harbour on
Dec 7 1941 .Attack resulted in destruction of
base with naval
fleet including Aircraft carrying Ships. Attack
resulted in death
of 2403 American soldiers.
On Sunday, December 7th, 1941 the Japanese launched a
surprise attack against the U.S. Forces stationed at
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. By planning his attack on a
Sunday, the Japanese commander Admiral Nagumo, hoped
to catch the entire fleet in port. As luck would have
it, the Aircraft Carriers and one of the Battleships
were not in port. (The USS Enterprise was returning
from Wake Island, where it had just delivered some
aircraft. The USS Lexington was ferrying aircraft to
Midway, and the USS Saratoga and USS Colorado were
undergoing repairs in the United States.)
In spite of the latest intelligence reports about
the missing aircraft carriers (his most important
targets), Admiral Nagumo decided to continue the
attack with his force of six carriers and 423
aircraft. At a range of 230 miles north of Oahu, he
launched the first wave of a two-wave attack.
Beginning at 0600 hours his first wave consisted of
183 fighters and torpedo bombers which struck at the
fleet in Pearl Harbor and the airfields in Hickam,
Kaneohe and Ewa. The second strike, launched at 0715
hours, consisted of 167 aircraft, which again struck
at the same targets.
At 0753 hours the first wave consisting of 40
Nakajima B5N2 "Kate" torpedo bombers, 51 Aichi D3A1
"Val" dive bombers, 50 high altitude bombers and 43
Zeros struck airfields and Pearl Harbor. Within the
next hour, the second wave arrived and continued the
attack.
When it was over, the U.S. losses were:
Casualties
USA: 218 KIA, 364 WIA.
USN: 2,008 KIA, 710 WIA.
USMC: 109 KIA, 69 WIA.
Civilians: 68 KIA, 35 WIA.
TOTAL: 2,403 KIA, 1,178 WIA.
Battleships
USS Arizona (BB-39) - total loss when a bomb hit
her magazine.
USS Oklahoma (BB-37) - Total loss when she
capsized and sunk in the harbor.
USS California (BB-44) - Sunk at her berth. Later
raised and repaired.
USS West Virginia (BB-48) - Sunk at her berth.
Later raised and repaired.
USS Nevada - (BB-36) Beached to prevent sinking.
Later repaired.
USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) - Light damage.
USS Maryland (BB-46) - Light damage.
USS Tennessee (BB-43) Light damage.
USS Utah (AG-16) - (former battleship used as a
target) - Sunk.
Cruisers
USS New Orleans (CA-32) - Light Damage.
USS San Francisco (CA38) - Light Damage.
USS Detroit (CL-8) - Light Damage.
USS Raleigh (CL-7) - Heavily damaged but repaired.
USS Helena (CL-50) - Light Damage.
USS Honolulu (CL-48) - Light Damage.
Destroyers
USS Downes (DD-375) - Destroyed. Parts salvaged.
USS Cassin - (DD-372) Destroyed. Parts salvaged.
USS Shaw (DD-373) - Very heavy damage.
USS Helm (DD-388) - Light Damage.
Minelayer
USS Ogala (CM-4) - Sunk but later raised and
repaired.
Seaplane Tender
USS Curtiss (AV-4) - Severely damaged but later
repaired.
Repair Ship
USS Vestal (AR-4) - Severely damaged but later
repaired.
Harbor Tug
USS Sotoyomo (YT-9) - Sunk but later raised and
repaired.
Aircraft
188 Aircraft destroyed (92 USN and 92 U.S. Army
Air Corps.)
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