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A:Oil storage tanks B:CINCPAC headquarters building C:Submarine base D:Navy Yard. List of United States Navy ships present at Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941, including commissioned warships and service auxiliaries, but not yard craft
The list of Kriegsmarine ships includes all ships commissioned into the Kriegsmarine, the navy of Nazi Germany, during its existence from 1935 to the conclusion of World War II in 1945. See the list of naval ships of Germany for ships in German service throughout the country's history.
The attack on Pearl Harbor [nb 3] was a surprise military strike by the Empire of Japan on the United States Pacific Fleet at its naval base at Pearl Harbor on Oahu, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941. At the time, the U.S. was a neutral country in World War II .
United States Navy: World War II: Attack on Pearl Harbor: The harbor tug was sunk while drydocked in YFD-2 ( United States Navy) when USS Shaw ( United States Navy), also in the drydock, was bombed and sunk by Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft. She was later refloated, repaired and returned to service.
1 hospital ship Solace (AH-5) 1 cargo ship Vega (AK-17) (at Honolulu) 2 stores issue ships Castor (AKS-1), Antares (AKS-3) (entering Pearl Harbor) 4 ocean tugs Ontario (AT-13), Sunnadin (AT-28), Keosanqua (AT-38) (entering Pearl Harbor), Navajo (AT-64) (12 nautical miles or 22 kilometres outside Pearl Harbor entrance) 4 miscellaneous auxiliaries
USS Greer (DD–145) was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy, the first ship named for Rear Admiral James A. Greer (1833–1904). In what became known as the "Greer incident," she became the first US Navy ship to fire on a German ship, three months before the United States officially entered World War II.
She had received the hull number DD-139 in July 1920. The outbreak of World War II in Europe brought Ward back into active service. She was recommissioned in January 1941. Sent to Pearl Harbor shortly thereafter, the destroyer operated on local patrol duties in Hawaiian waters over the next year. [citation needed]
Attack on Pearl Harbor: December 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, United States: 3,592 (2,345 killed and 1,247 wounded) [3] Japanese tactical victory Japan: Preventive strike on the U.S. Pacific Fleet to prevent American intervention in planned Japanese offensive into Southeast Asia; Major Japanese tactical victory resulting in the destruction of ...