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English: Vertical aerial photograph of Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (USA), taken 10 November 1941, with five battleships tied up along "Battleship Row" at the top of the image. The aircraft carrier USS Lexington (CV-2), a seaplane tender and a light cruiser are moored on the island's other (northwestern) side.
Battleship Row was the grouping of seven U.S. battleships in port at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, when the Japanese attacked on 7 December 1941. [1] These ships bore the brunt of the Japanese assault. They were moored next to Ford Island when the attack commenced.
Map of Oʻahu Sugar Plantation on Ford Island, August 13, 1914. On January 20, 1887, the United States began leasing Pearl Harbor. [40] Shortly afterwards, a group of mostly non-Hawaiians calling themselves the Hawaiian Patriotic League began the Rebellion of 1887. [41] They drafted their own constitution on July 6, 1887. [42]
The US Army operated Luke Field, a 5,400 foot long runway, on Ford Island from 1919 to 1941. [37] In 1941 all of Ford Island used by the US Navy and renamed NAS Pearl Harbor. US Navy unit VJ-1 (JRS-1) was based at the Seaplane Base. Ford Island Seaplane Base was the first base hit on the 7 December 1941 attack.
On November 26, 1941, a Japanese task force (the Striking Force) of six aircraft carriers – Akagi, Kaga, Sōryū, Hiryū, Shōkaku, and Zuikaku – departed Hittokapu Bay on Etorofu (now Iterup) Island in the Kuril Islands, en route to a position northwest of Hawaii, intending to launch its 408 aircraft to attack Pearl Harbor: 360 for the two ...
In early December 1941, Utah was moored off Ford Island in berth F-11, after having completed another round of anti-aircraft gunnery training. Shortly before 08:00 on the morning of 7 December, some crewmen aboard Utah observed the first Japanese planes approaching to attack Pearl Harbor , but they assumed they were American aircraft.
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Minor damage, repaired at Pearl Harbor and Mare Island Moored at Berth B-16, Navy Yard Pearl Harbor undergoing engine repairs San Francisco: CA-38 Undamaged Under overhaul at the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard berth B-17 Raleigh: CL-7 Damaged by torpedo, repaired at Pearl Harbor and Mare Island Moored at berth F-12, forward of Utah, aft of Detroit