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To: Kathy in Alaska
Here's a list of the ships damaged or sunk during the attack.

Battleship Pennsylvania - Medium damage from bombs
Battleship Arizona - Sunk by bombs
Battleship Nevada - Heavy damage from bombs, beached to prevent sinking
Battleship Oklahoma - Sunk by torpedoes
Battleship Tennessee - Medium damage from bombs and fire from Arizona
Battleship California - Sunk by torpedoes, salvaged
Battleship Maryland - Minor damage from bombs
Battleship West Virginia - Sunk by torpedoes, salvaged
Heavy Cruiser New Orleans - Minor damage from near miss
Light Cruiser Raleigh - Heavy damage from torpedo
Light Cruiser Honolulu - Minor damage from near miss
Light Cruiser St. Louis - Minor damage from strafing
Light Cruiser Helena - Medium damage from torpedo
Destroyer Hull - Minor damage from near miss
Destroyer Aylwin - Minor damage from near miss
Destroyer Cummings - Minor damage from near miss
Destroyer Shaw - Heavy damage from bomb hit
Destroyer Cassin - Destroyed by bomb hit, salvaged
Destroyer Downes - Destroyed by bomb hit, salvaged
Destroyer Bagley - Minor damage from near miss
Destroyer Helm - Minor damage from near miss
Destroyer Henley - Minor damage from strafing
Minelayer Oglala - Sunk by ruptured hull plates (was docked alongside Helena when she was hit by the torpedo), salvaged
Destroyer Tender Dobbin - Minor damage from near miss
Seaplane Carrier Curtiss - Medium damage from bomb hits
Ammunition Ship Pyro - Minor damage from near miss
Repair Ship Vestal - Heavy damage from bomb hits and explosion of Arizona alongside
Repair Ship Rigel - Minor damage from near miss
Target Ship Utah - Sunk by torpedoes
Survey Ship Sumner - Minor damage from exploding AA gun

63 posted on 12/06/2011 7:36:32 PM PST by Stonewall Jackson (Democrats: "You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.")
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To: Stonewall Jackson

Thanks Stonewall....we surely took it hard and then some!


72 posted on 12/06/2011 7:43:10 PM PST by caww
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To: Stonewall Jackson
Thank you for posting this. I always remember my grandfather on this day. Photobucket

Lt. Abner H. Akemon - USS Nevada

Best Regards

91 posted on 12/06/2011 9:15:36 PM PST by JPX2011
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To: Stonewall Jackson

I think this might be the first time I’ve seen the detailed list. Thank you, dear Stonewall Jackson.


93 posted on 12/06/2011 9:24:31 PM PST by onyx (PLEASE SUPPORT FREE REPUBLIC:DONATE MONTHLY! Sarah's New Ping List - tell me if you want on it.)
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To: Stonewall Jackson; All
Thanks, Stonewall, for the list of damaged ships.

After a systematic search for survivors, formal salvage operations began. Captain Homer N. Wallin, Material Officer for Commander, Battle Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet, was immediately ordered to lead salvage operations. ‘Within a short time I was relieved of all other duties and ordered to full time work as Fleet Salvage Officer.

Around Pearl Harbor, divers from the Navy (shore and tenders), the Naval Shipyard, and civilian contractors (Pacific Bridge and others) began work on the ships that could be refloated. They patched holes, cleared debris, and pumped water out of ships. Navy divers worked inside the damaged ships. Within six months, five battleships and two cruisers were patched or refloated so they could be sent to shipyards in Pearl and on the mainland for extensive repair.

Intensive salvage operations continued for another year, a total of some 20,000 man-hours under water. Oklahoma, while successfully raised, was never repaired, and capsized while under tow to the mainland in 1947. Arizona and the target ship Utah were too heavily damaged for salvage, though much of their armament and equipment was removed and put to use aboard other vessels. Today, the two hulks remain where they were sunk,[90] with Arizona becoming a war memorial.

Info from here.

131 posted on 12/07/2011 12:12:18 AM PST by Kathy in Alaska ((~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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