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Pearl Harbor Ships on the Morning of the Attack

June 29, 2018 · Jason Alghussein

There were 130 vessels of the US Navy's Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor on December 7th 1941, the day of the Japanese surprise attack. Ninety-six of the Pearl Harbor ships were warships. Eight of these were battleships, seven of which were lined up along Battleship Row, making them easy targets for the attackers. Pearl Harbor […]

Learning Pearl Harbor: What Were Seaplane Tenders?

March 20, 2018 · Jason Alghussein

The classifications of navy ships don’t require much explanation. Battleships are vessels designed specifically for battle. Aircraft carriers transport airplanes across the ocean. Destroyers, like battleships, were intended specifically for combat. So it shouldn't be difficult to guess what purpose seaplane tenders were built for. As early as the First World War, these vessels were […]

USS Honolulu Survivor Charles Mitchell

October 04, 2017 ·

Charles Mitchell, who survived the attack on Pearl Harbor while serving aboard the USS Honolulu (CL-48), passed away on September 28th, 2017, at the age of 94. When we discuss the attack on Pearl Harbor, we’re often so focused on the eight battleships that were the prime targets of the Japanese attack that we almost forget […]

The Story of the USS Helm

September 27, 2017 ·

On May 27th, 1937, the USS Helm (DD-388) was launched at the Norfolk Navy Yard, sponsored by the widow of Rear Admiral James Meredith Helm. Five months later, the Bagley-class destroyer was commissioned into the US Navy under Lt. Comdr. P. H. Talbot. Once prepped and ready for travel, the Helm was ordered to the Caribbean, […]

The Pearl Harbor-Tacoma, Washington Connection

June 27, 2017 ·

Separated by over 2,500 miles of ocean, the city of Tacoma, WA and the naval base at Pearl Harbor don’t seem to have much to connect them, but even 75 years after the devastating strike in Hawaii, there’s an unexpected element that links the two together: the US Coast Guard Cutter Tiger (WSC-152). Tacoma was […]

The American Fleet Damaged at Pearl Harbor

May 19, 2017 ·

When discussing the ships lost at Pearl Harbor, it’s easy to focus solely on the battleships that took the brunt of the attack, but there were many other ships present, and few of them emerged from the two-hour assault completely unscathed. The following is a list of American vessels that were significantly damaged or destroyed during the attack […]

Taking to the Seas: The Ships of the Harbor

January 04, 2017 ·

The attack on Pearl Harbor took the lives of over 2,400 Americans. Some of them were on land, scurrying for cover as Japanese bombers and fighters strafed them and destroyed civilian structures and businesses. The rest were in the thick of the battle, some manning gigantic water vessels that were dormant and unprepared for the […]

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Pearl Harbor Ships on the Morning of the Attack

Learning Pearl Harbor: What Were Seaplane Tenders?

USS Honolulu Survivor Charles Mitchell

The Story of the USS Helm

The Pearl Harbor-Tacoma, Washington Connection

The American Fleet Damaged at Pearl Harbor

Taking to the Seas: The Ships of the Harbor

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