Honoring those who died
Kathy Pinna Fellow sailors at a memorial for those killed at Pearl Harbor, 1941. RIP
Strafed by a Japanese plane
Kathy Pinna Three civilians were killed in their car when they were attacked by a plane.
USS Oklahoma
AncientFaces 429 men died on the Oklahoma. While she was later salvaged, she was too damaged to return to service.
USS Arizona
AncientFaces 1177 men died when a bomb hit a powder magazine. She still lies at the bottom of Pearl Harbor.
Wreckage of the Arizona
AncientFaces Rescue efforts
AncientFaces Rescuing a seaman from the USS West Virginia.
Hickam Field Ordnance Shop
Kathy Pinna A pursuit ship (plane) damaged in the attack.
USS West Virginia
AncientFaces On 17 May 1942, she was salvaged, repaired in Puget Sound Navy Yard, and went on to fight in World War II.
USS Shaw (on fire)
AncientFaces Within a few months after the attack, she was repaired and went on to win 11 battlestars in WW II.
Another view of the USS Shaw
AncientFaces Japanese plane
AncientFaces Trailing smoke, this plane was hit by anti-aircraft fire and was one of the 29 planes downed.
Downed Japanese plane
Kathy Pinna At Hickam Field, Pearl Harbor.
Several ships hit at dock
AncientFaces Click on the photo to see a list of the ships shown in this photo.
USS Raleigh
AncientFaces Torpedoed and hit, her gunners still downed 5 Japanese planes. None of her crew were killed.
USS California
AncientFaces 100 men were killed and 62 wounded on the California. She was repaired and returned to duty in the War.
USS Maryland
AncientFaces The Maryland was only slightly damaged and was the first ship to return to service.
Burning oil
AncientFaces Shattered fuel tanks turned parts of Pearl Harbor into a sea of fire.
USS Downes and USS Cassin
AncientFaces Both destroyers (in the foreground) were damaged beyond repair but many of their fittings were used in other ships.
Hangar fire
AncientFaces The bombing destroyed this hangar as well as the planes in front of it.
The airstrip
AncientFaces Planes on fire after one of the two attacks.
Three battleships
AncientFaces The West Virginia, the Tennessee, and the Arizona on fire.
USS Curtiss
AncientFaces A seaplane tender, the Curtiss got a double-hit: A Japanese plane crashed into its crane and a bomb exploded on her main deck. She survived both.
Wrecked seaplane
AncientFaces Rescuing a seaman
AncientFaces Rescuing a sailor from the West Virginia.
Aftermath of destruction
AncientFaces Planes and battleships destroyed in the attack.
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