Pearl Harbor capital ship casualties
- Karl Heidenreich
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Pearl Harbor capital ship casualties
As far as I know the only two fatal and lethal casualties from Yamamoto´s attack to Pearl Harbor were: Arizona and Oklahoma. The rest of ships were refloated. Is this correct?
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Re: Pearl Harbor capital ship casualties
You could add Cassin and especially Downes to the list. Administratively they were not lost, but in the real world, there was little left. I do think their machinery survived, and that was significant.
Most of Shaw survived. There are some great pix at the NHC showing her temporary repairs. Here:
http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-u ... d373-m.htm
Pretty freaky, eh?
Most of Shaw survived. There are some great pix at the NHC showing her temporary repairs. Here:
http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-u ... d373-m.htm
Pretty freaky, eh?
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USS Oklahoma, BB-37, was stripped down to her hull at Pearl in 1943, from where the hulk sat out the rest of war. In 1946 she was sold for salvage, and was towed back to the mainland in May, 1947. On the way back to San Francisco, she foundered and sank while under tow, 5/17/47.Bgile wrote:Oklahoma was refloated, but wasn't considered worth repairing and was scrapped. Utah, an old battleship serving as a gunnery target ship, was also a total loss and like Arizona is sitting on the bottom of Pearl Harbor today.
Derf
I stand corrected. :)_Derfflinger_ wrote:USS Oklahoma, BB-37, was stripped down to her hull at Pearl in 1943, from where the hulk sat out the rest of war. In 1946 she was sold for salvage, and was towed back to the mainland in May, 1947. On the way back to San Francisco, she foundered and sank while under tow, 5/17/47.Bgile wrote:Oklahoma was refloated, but wasn't considered worth repairing and was scrapped. Utah, an old battleship serving as a gunnery target ship, was also a total loss and like Arizona is sitting on the bottom of Pearl Harbor today.
Derf
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I assume most of you guys will have seen this photo but for those that havent......
The hulk of the Oklahoma next to Wisconsin
The hulk of the Oklahoma next to Wisconsin
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Gary - Quite a difference!Gary wrote:I assume most of you guys will have seen this photo but for those that havent......
The hulk of the Oklahoma next to Wisconsin
And, of course, the location where USS Missouri is berthed at Pearl today is just where USS Oklahoma, outboard, and USS Maryland, inboard, were berthed on December 7, 1941. The Mighty Mo's hull is right over the spot where Oklahoma capsized.
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When you stand on the Missouri's deck, looking out over the harbor toward the Navy Yard, you can see why Oklahoma was savaged by torpedoes. She was moored in the "sweet spot" for the Kates who swooped in over the Navy Yard to release their fish._Derfflinger_ wrote:And, of course, the location where USS Missouri is berthed at Pearl today is just where USS Oklahoma, outboard, and USS Maryland, inboard, were berthed on December 7, 1941. The Mighty Mo's hull is right over the spot where Oklahoma capsized.
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