Pearl Harbor Revisited

December 7th, 1941 A day that will live in infamy... These photos of the bombing of Pearl Harbor were  recently discovered in an old Brownie Camera stored in a foot locker,  and just recently taken to be developed.  They are from a sailor who was on the USS QUAPAW ATF-11O.   Pearl Harbor 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 st ruck 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 US Army: 218 KIA, 364 WIA. US Navy: 2,008 KIA, 710 WIA. US MarineCorp: 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-4 4) - 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 (CA-38) - 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 -3 7 2) 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.