Ships of Pearl Harbor: USS Chew
August 23, 2019On January 2, 1918, the keel of a future Wickes-class destroyer was laid down at the Union Iron Works shipyards in San Francisco. She was one of 111 of that... Read More
Destroyers
Ships of Pearl Harbor: USS Blue
May 31, 2019Just over six years before the Imperial Japanese Navy launched its devastating attack on Pearl Harbor, USS Blue (DD-387), a Bagley-class destroyer, was laid down at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard.... Read More
Ships of Pearl Harbor: USS USS Macdonough
April 22, 2019The keel of the destroyer that would become known as USS Macdonough (DD-351) was laid down at the Boston Navy Yard in May of 1933, eight years before the outbreak... Read More
Pearl Harbor Welcomes USS Zumwalt
April 8, 2019More than 77 years ago, the American naval base at Pearl Harbor was the site of a devastating surprise attack that launched the United States into World War II. In... Read More
Ships of Pearl Harbor: USS Schley
March 7, 2019USS Schley (DD-103) was laid down on October 29, 1917. The new Wickes-class destroyer was equipped like other destroyers of the time: with an arsenal that would make her a... Read More
Ships of Pearl Harbor: USS Ramsay
February 22, 2019USS Ramsay (DD-124) was laid down as a Wickes-class destroyer at Newport News, VA in December of 1917, and launched on June 8, 1918. She was commissioned into service in the... Read More
Pearl Harbor Ships on the Morning of the Attack
June 29, 2018There 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... Read More
Ships of Pearl Harbor: USS Worden
June 12, 2018Laid down at the Puget Sound Navy Yard in December of 1932, USS Worden (DD-352) was commissioned into the US Navy on January 15, 1935. Worden spent most of her... Read More
The Ships of Pearl Harbor: USS Downes
June 4, 2018Unlike many United States Navy ships that served during World War II, USS Downes (DD-375) had a relatively short life. Launched on April 22, 1936, the Mahan-class destroyer—named for US Naval... Read More
Ships of Pearl Harbor: USS Shaw
May 27, 2018In the history books, chapters about the December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor are often accompanied by an iconic image: the explosion of a ship taken from a distance.... Read More
Wreckage of Japanese Destroyer Isokaze Located
May 4, 2018The Japanese 1st Air Fleet, or kido butai, that attacked Pearl Harbor was made up of six aircraft carriers escorted by a full complement of battleships, cruisers, tankers, and destroyers. In the... Read More
Ships of Pearl Harbor: USS Bagley
April 30, 2018To have a US Navy ship named in one's honor is a great achievement. One American naval officer had four. Ensign Worth Bagley was killed during the Spanish-American War, in... Read More
Wreckage of the USS Ward Found
December 8, 2017On the morning of Dec. 7, 1941, the United States came under fire by a fleet of planes from Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carriers. The attack resulted in the loss... Read More
USS England: Record-Setting Destroyer Escort
November 21, 2017On December 7th, 1941, Ensign John Charles England perished during the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. Just four days shy of his twenty-first birthday, England was working in the radio... Read More
The USS Cassin: Pearl Harbor and Beyond
October 21, 2017On the morning of December 7, 1941, Japanese bombs fell and torpedoes slashed through the waters of Pearl Harbor, causing a devastating amount of damage to the vessels lined up... Read More
The USS Hull and the Wartime Typhoon
September 27, 2017Wartime typhoon isn’t a metaphor for the whirlwind of fighting that engulfed the Pacific and Europe. It refers to an actual typhoon, specifically the one that claimed the USS Hull (DD-350)... Read More
The Story of the USS Helm
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... Read More
Why the Navy Phased Out Battleships
September 20, 2017During the war in the Pacific, the US Navy relied heavily on battleships to fight off the Imperial Japanese Navy. In fact, it was an attack on these impressive war... Read More
The American Fleet Damaged at Pearl Harbor
May 19, 2017When 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... Read More
Turning Point: The Battle of Midway
May 5, 2017On December 7th, 1941, an aerial force of the Imperial Japanese Navy entered American airspace and commenced one of the worst attacks ever felt on American soil. The Territory... Read More
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