Destroying the dry docks and tank farm would have been a set back, but could not have changed the outcome. The biggest mistake of Pearl Harbor was not destroying the shipyards that turned out 24 Essex Class aircraft carriers.
The biggest mistake of Pearl Harbor was not destroying the shipyards that turned out 24 Essex Class aircraft carriers.
I don’t think any ships were built in Hawaii. Big repair facilities but no ship yards.
That would have been virtually impossible. All 24 Essex class carriers were built in East Coast shipyards.