From: M. Thirtyseven (m37greenbeast@hotmail.com)
Date: Wed Dec 08 2004 - 05:12:49 PST
Nice summary.. my dad's first cousin was on the Oklahoma... still is I
guess.. his station was below decks. Here's to Jerry Lehman and all who
serve.
DL
>From: Jack <milveh@sbcglobal.net>
>To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
>Subject: [MV] Dec. 7th, 1941
>Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2004 09:24:56 -0800 (PST)
>
>In faithful remembrance of the attack on Pearl Harbor,
>Dec. 7th, 1941.
>
>The Japanese strike force consisted of 353 aircraft
>launched from four heavy carriers. There were 40
>torpedo planes, 103 level bombers, 131 dive-bombers,
>and 79 fighters. The attack also consisted of two
>heavy cruisers, 35 submarines, two light cruisers,
>nine oilers, two battleships, and 11 destroyers.
>
>The attack killed 2,403 U.S. personnel, including 68
>civilians, and destroyed or damaged 19 U.S. Navy
>ships, including 8 battleships.
>
>The Japanese success was overwhelming, but it was not
>complete. They failed to damage any American aircraft
>carriers, which by a stroke of luck, had been absent
>from the harbor. Thanks to the missing aircraft
>carriers, the Japanese fleet decided against further
>attack.
>
>In doing so, they neglected to damage the shoreside
>facilities at the Pearl Harbor Naval Base, which
>played an important role in the Allied victory in
>World War II. American technological skill raised and
>repaired all but three of the ships sunk or damaged at
>Pearl Harbor (the USS Arizona (BB-39) considered too
>badly damaged to be salvaged, the USS Oklahoma (BB-37)
>raised and considered too old to be worth repairing,
>and the obsolete USS Utah (AG-16) considered not worth
>the effort).
>
>The following is a list of warships at Pearl during
>the Dec. 7th attack:
>
>BATTLESHIPS (8)
> USS Arizona, BB-39: sunk 7 Dec 41; U.S.
>National Memorial at Pearl Harbor
> USS California, BB-44: sold for scrap 7-59
> USS Maryland, BB-46: sold for scrap 7-59
> USS Nevada, BB-36: sunk in weapons test 7-48
> USS Oklahoma, BB-37: capsized 7 Dec 41; Raised
>1943, not repaired; parted tow line enroute San
>Francisco and sank 5-47
> USS Pennsylvania, BB-38: scuttled off
>Kwajalein 2-48
> USS Tennessee, BB-43: sold for scrap 7-59
> USS West Virginia, BB-48: sold for scrap 8-59
>HEAVY CRUISERS (2)
> USS New Orleans, CA-32: sold for scrap 9-59
> USS San Francisco, CA-38: sold for scrap 9-59
>LIGHT CRUISERS (6)
> USS Detroit, CL-8: sold for scrap 2-46
> USS Helena, CL-50: sunk in Kula Gulf, 7-43
> USS Honolulu, CL-48: sold for scrap 11-59
> USS Phoenix, CL-46: to Argentina 10-51; sunk
>during Falklands War
> USS Raleigh, CL-7: sold for scrap 2-46
> USS St. Louis, CL-49: to Brazil 1-51
>DESTROYERS (30)
> USS Allen, DD-66: sold for scrap 9-46
> USS Aylwin, DD-355: sold for scrap 12-46.
> USS Bagley, DD-386: sold for scrap 10-47
> USS Blue, DD-387: sunk off Guadalcanal 8-42
> USS Case, DD-370: sold for scrap 12-47
> USS Cassin, DD-372: sold for scrap 11-47
> USS Chew, DD-106: sold for scrap 10-46
> USS Conyngham, DD-371: sunk as target 7-48
> USS Cummings, DD-365: sold for scrap 7-47
> USS Dale, DD-353: sold for scrap 12-46
> USS Dewey, DD-349: sold for scrap 12-46
> USS Downes, DD-375: sold for scrap 11-47
> USS Farragut, DD-348: sold for scrap 8-47
> USS Helm, DD-388: sold for scrap 10-47
> USS Henley, DD-391: sunk in Huron Gulf 10-43
> USS Hull, DD-350: sunk by typhoon 12-44
> USS Jarvis, DD-393: sunk off Guadalcanal 8-42
> USS Macdonough, DD-351: sold for scrap 12-46
> USS Monaghan, DD-354: sunk by typhoon 12-44
> USS Mugford, DD-389: sunk off Kwajalein 3-48
> USS Patterson, DD-392: sold for scrap 8-47
> USS Phelps, DD-360: sold for scrap 8-47
> USS Ralph Talbot, DD-390: sunk as target 3-48
> USS Reid, DD-369: sunk off Leyte, PI 12-44
> USS Schley, DD-103: scrapped 1946
> USS Selfridge, DD-357: sold for scrap 11-46
> USS Shaw, DD-373: sold for scrap 1946
> USS Tucker, DD-374: sunk off Espiritu Santo
>8-42
> USS Ward, DD-139: sunk off Leyte 12-44
> USS Worden, DD-352: sunk off Amchitka 1-43
>SUBMARINES (4)
> USS Cachalot, SS-170: sold for scrap 1-47
> USS Dolphin, SS-169: sold for scrap 8-46
> USS Narwhal, SS-167: sold for scrap 11-45
> USS Tautog, SS-199: sold for scrap 7-60
>
>
>MINE WARFARE SHIPS (23)
>
>HIGH SPEED MINESWEEPERS (4)
> USS Perry, DMS-17: sunk off Palau Is 9-44
> USS Trever, DMS-16: sold for scrap 11-46
> USS Wasmuth, DMS-15: sunk off Aleutian Is 12-
> 42
> USS Zane, DMS-14: sold for scrap 10-46
>LIGHT MINELAYERS (8)
> USS Breese, DM-18: sold for scrap 5-46
> USS Gamble, DM-15: scuttled off Guam 7-45
> USS Montgomery, DM-17: sold for scrap 3-46
> USS Preble, DM-20: sold for scrap 10-46
> USS Pruitt, DM-22: sold for scrap 1946
> USS Ramsay, DM-16: sold for scrap 11-46
> USS Sicard, DM-21: sold for scrap 6-46
> USS Tracy, DM-19: sold for scrap 1946
>MINELAYER (1)
> USS Oglala, CM-4: to Maritime Commission 7-46
>MINESWEEPERS (6)
> USS Bobolink, AM-20: sold 10-46
> USS Grebe, AM-43: destroyed by hurricane 1-43
> USS Rail, AM-26: to Maritime Commission 1-47
> USS Tern, AM-31: sold 7-47
> USS Turkey, AM-13: sold 12-46
> USS Vireo, AM-52: to Maritime Commission 2-47
>MINESWEEPERS, COASTAL (4)
> Cockatoo, AMc-8: to Maritime Commission 9-46
> Condor, AMc-14: to Maritime Commission 7-46
> Crossbill, AMc-9: to Maritime Commission 3-47
> Reedbird, AMc-30: to Maritime Commission 11-46
>
>
>
>PATROL SHIPS (13)
>
>GUNBOAT (1)
> USS Sacramento, PG-19: sold 8-47
>MOTOR TORPEDO BOATS (12)
> PT-20: stricken for obsolescence, 12-44.
> PT-21: stricken for obsolescence, 10-43.
> PT-22: badly damaged in storm, 1-43; scrapped.
> PT-23: reclassified as small boat, 10-43.
> PT-24: reclassified as small boat, 12-44.
> PT-25: reclassified as small boat, 10-43.
> PT-26: reclassified as small boat, 10-43.
> PT-27: reclassified as small boat, 12-44.
> PT-28: wrecked in storm, 1-43.
> PT-29: stricken for obsolescence, 12-44.
> PT-30: stricken for obsolescence, 3-44.
> PT-42: stricken for obsolescence, 12-44.
>
>AUXILIARY SHIPS (28)
>
>AMMUNITION SHIP (1)
> USS Pyro, AE-1: sold for scrap 3-50
> CARGO SHIP (1)
> USS Vega, AK-17: sold for scrap 8-46
>DESTROYER TENDERS (2)
> USS Dobbin, AD-3: sold 1951
> USS Whitney, AD-4: sold for scrap 3-48
>GENERAL STORES ISSUE SHIPS (2)
> USS Antares, AKS-3: sold 1947
> USS Castor, AKS-1: sold 12-68
>HOSPITAL SHIP (1)
> USS Solace, AH-5: sold 1948
>MISCELLANEOUS AUXILIARIES (3)
> USS Argonne, AG-31: sold 1951
> USS Sumner, AG-32: to Maritime Commission 9-46
> USS Utah, AG-16: capsized 7 Dec 41; remains a
>partially submerged hulk off west side of Ford Island
>on the opposite side of the island from battleship
>row.
>OCEAN-GOING TUGS (4)
> USS Keosangua, AT-38: sold 7-47
> USS Navajo, AT-64: sunk east of New Hebrides
>9-43
> USS Ontario, AT-13: sold 4-47
> USS Sunnadin, AT-28: to Maritime Commission
>1-47
>OILERS (2)
> USS Neosho, AO-23: sunk in Coral Sea 5-42
> USS Ramapo, AO-12: to Maritime Commission 7-46
>
>REPAIR SHIPS (3)
> USS Medusa, AR-1: sold for scrap 8-50
> USS Rigel, AR-11: sold 1950
> USS Vestal, AR-4: sold for scrap 7-50
>SEAPLANE TENDERS (2)
> USS Curtiss, AV-4: sold 1-72
> USS Tangier, AV-8: sold for scrap 7-61
>SEAPLANE TENDERS, DESTROYER (2)
> USS Hulbert, AVD-6: sold for scrap 10-46
> USS Thornton, AVD-11: beached and abandoned
>off Okinawa 4-45
>SMALL SEAPLANE TENDERS (2)
> USS Avocet, AVP-4: sold 12-46
> USS Swan, AVP-7: to Maritime Commission 10-46
>SUBMARINE RESCUE VESSEL (1)
> USS Widgeon, ASR-1: sold for scrap 1948
>SUBMARINE TENDER (1)
> USS Pelias, AS-14: sold 1971
>UNCLASSIFIED MISCELLANEOUS (1)
> Chengho, IX-52: returned to owner 1946
>
>SERVICE CRAFT (27)
>
>DISTRICT YARD CRAFT (2)
> YP-108
> YP-109
>FERRYBOAT (2)
> Manuwai YFB-16: Moored Bravo Pier Southwest
>Loch. Struck 9-17-54.
> Nihoa YFB-17: Moored west side of Ford Island,
>south of USS Tangier. Out of service 4-61.
>FUEL OIL BARGES (4)
> YO-21
> YO-30
> YO-43
> YO-44
>GARBAGE LIGHTERS (3)
> YG-15
> YG-17
> YG-21
>GATE VESSEL (1)
> YNG-17
>HARBOR TUGS (8)
> Hoga, YT-146: leased to Oakland, California
>1973-75
> Nokomis, YT-142: sold 1973
> Osceola, YT-129: sold 1973
> Sotoyomo, YT-9: destroyed 2-46
> YT-119
> YT-130
> YT-152
> YT-153
>MOTOR TUG (1)
> YMT-5
>NET TENDERS, BOOM (5)
> Ash, YN-2: sold 1962
> Cinchona, YN-7: sold 1962
> Cockenoe, YN-47: to Maritime Commission 7-47
> Marin, YN-53: to Maritime Commission 3-47
> Wapello, YN-56.
>TORPEDO TESTING BARGE (1)
> YTT-3
>WATER BARGE (1)
> YW-16
>
>COAST GUARD VESSELS (4)
>
>BOAT (1)
> CG 8
>CRUISING CUTTERS (3)
> USCGC Reliance WPC-150: sold 6-48
> USCGC Taney WPG-37: struck 12-86. Now in
>Baltimore, Maryland Maritime Musuem
> USCGC Tiger WPC-152: sold 1948
>
>Information compiled and provided by Jack McKillop.
>References : Brochure listing all the ships that were
>in PH during the attack supplemented with information
>from various volumes of : Naval History Division, US
>Navy Department : Dictionary of American Naval
>Fighting Ships: Washington, DC: US Government Printing
>Office, 1959-1981.
>
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