Navy deployed 56 submarines in the Pacific. The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on that would-be peaceful Sunday morning achieved total surprise. By the end of the war, there were 21 fleet carriers and 70 escort carriers, and the American Navy dwarfed every other nations forces on the seas. December 19 On December 7, 1941, immediately following the attack on Pearl Harbor, the U.S. Of the battleships, only the Nevada made enough steam to move but was deliberately run aground to ensure access to Pearl Harbor would not be blocked.
The Arizona sank with more than 1200 trapped sailors and the destroyer Cassin laid wrecked in dry dock. In a matter of hours, eight American battleships were sunk or severely damaged.
into the global war.Īt 3:42 a.m., the watch officer on board the coastal minesweeper Condor reported what looked like a periscope visible near the entrance to Pearl Harbor and signaled that information to the destroyer Ward.Īt 6:53 a.m., the Ward advised Navy headquarters that they had “attacked, fired upon and dropped depth charges upon submarine operating in defensive sea area.” Little did they know that six Japanese carriers had already launched the first wave of torpedo bombers that would target Hickam Field, Ford Island, and Kaneohe Naval Air Station.
The surprise attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941 launched the U.S. Submarines in WWII Submarines are very valuable attack vehicles.
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