Photo: National Archives

View of “Battleship Row” during or immediately after the Japanese raid. The capsized USS

Oklahoma (BB 37) is in the center, alongside USS Maryland (BB 46). Of the crew of the USS

Oklahoma, which capsized within two minutes, 429 men were killed or missing. Many of

the survivors made it aboard the USS Maryland and immediately engaged in firing on the

Hangar area at Naval Air Station, Kaneohe Bay showing damage wrought by the Japanese

Japanese aircraft.

bombing. The view looks west at an altitude of 500 feet.

Photo: National Museum of the U.S. Navy

Photo: National Museum of the U.S. Navy

HISTORY

Aerial view of "Battleship Row” moorings on the southern side of Ford Island,

December 10, 1941, showing damage from the Japanese raid three days earlier.

USS California (BB 44) is shown. Note dark oil streaks on the harbor surface,

originating from the sunken battleships. Photographed at an altitude of 3,000

feet. During the attack, 98 men were killed and 61 were wounded on board of

USS California. Several men were awarded the Medal of Honor for their actions

during the attack.

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Photo: NARA

Photo: National Museum of the U.S. Navy

USS Nevada (BB-36) burning during the Japanese aerial

attack. During the attack, 60 men on board were killed and

109 sustained injuries. Two others died in rescue efforts. After

repairs, the USS Nevada participated in combat in the Pacific,

Allied landings in Normandy and southern France, and at the

end of the war fought off Iwojima, Okinawa and Japan.

USS Utah (BB-31) during an ultimately unsuccessful salvage attempt. In total, 58 officers and men

were killed, 461 survived. Her rusting hulk remains in Pearl Harbor, partially above water. The men

killed when Utah sank were never removed from the wreck, and as such, she is considered a war

grave.

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