This page features surface views of the 7 December 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor's "Battleship Row". Among the critical elements seen in some of these views is a large pool of burning oil that drifted southward from the flaming wreck of the Arizona. This caused heat damage to the hulls of ships it passed and prompted a temporary abandonment of USS California.

For further images of the "Battleship Row" area during and shortly after the Japanese raid

• "Battleship Row" during the Pearl Harbor Attack.

For additional pictorial coverage of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

• The Pearl Harbor Raid, 7 December 1941 Overview and Special Image Selection

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Photo #: NH 97378 Pearl Harbor Attack, 7 December 1941 View looking up "Battleship Row" on 7 December 1941, after the Japanese attack. USS Arizona (BB-39) is in the center, burning furiously. To the left of her are USS Tennessee (BB-43) and the sunken USS West Virginia (BB-48). Official U.S. Navy Photograph, NHHC Collection. Online Image: 98KB; 740 x 605
Photo #: NH 97377 Pearl Harbor Attack, 7 December 1941 View looking up "Battleship Row" on 7 December 1941, after the Japanese attack. The sunken and burning USS Arizona (BB-39) is in the center. To the left of her are USS Tennessee (BB-43) and the sunken USS West Virginia (BB-48). Official U.S. Navy Photograph, NHHC Collection. Online Image: 77KB; 740 x 610
Photo #: 80-G-32691 Pearl Harbor Attack, 7 December 1941 View of "Battleship Row" from the head of 1010 dock, during or immediately after the Japanese raid. USS Arizona (BB-39) is sunk and burning at right. USS West Virginia (BB-48) is in the right center, sunk alongside USS Tennessee (BB-43), with oil fires shrouding them both. The capsized USS Oklahoma (BB-37) is in the left center, alongside USS Maryland (BB-46). Note wire spools in the right foreground, one marked "Crescent Wire & Cable Co., Trenton, N.J.". Official U.S. Navy Photograph, National Archives Collection. Online Image: 105KB; 740 x 610 Reproductions may also be available at National Archives.
Photo #: 80-G-32750 Pearl Harbor Attack, 7 December 1941 View of "Battleship Row" during or immediately after the Japanese raid. USS Arizona (BB-39) is sunk and burning at right. USS West Virginia (BB-48) is in the center, sunk alongside USS Tennessee (BB-43), with oil fires shrouding them both. The capsized USS Oklahoma (BB-37) is at the left, alongside USS Maryland (BB-46). Official U.S. Navy Photograph, National Archives Collection. Online Image: 56KB; 740 x 605 Reproductions may also be available at National Archives.
Photo #: 80-G-33035 Pearl Harbor Attack, 7 December 1941 View of "Battleship Row" during or immediately after the Japanese raid. USS West Virginia (BB-48) is at the right sunk alongside USS Tennessee (BB-43), with oil fires shrouding them both. The capsized USS Oklahoma (BB-37) is at the left, alongside USS Maryland (BB-46). Crewmen on the latter's stern are using firehoses to try to push burning oil away from their ship. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, National Archives Collection. Online Image: 81KB; 740 x 610 Reproductions may also be available at National Archives.
Photo #: 80-G-32640 Pearl Harbor Attack, 7 December 1941 View looking down "Battleship Row" from Ford Island Naval Air Station, shortly after the Japanese torpedo plane attack. USS California (BB-44) is at left, listing to port after receiving two torpedo hits. In the center are USS Maryland (BB-46) with the capsized USS Oklahoma (BB-37) alongside. USS Neosho (AO-23) is at right, backing clear of the area. Most smoke is from USS Arizona (BB-39). Official U.S. Navy Photograph, National Archives Collection. Online Image: 97KB; 740 x 610 Reproductions may also be available at National Archives.
Photo #: 80-G-19951 Pearl Harbor Attack, 7 December 1941 Oil fires burning on the water near Ford Island in the morning of 7 December 1941, shortly after the conclusion of the Japanese raid. USS Maryland (BB-46) is in the center background. A harbor tug is at right. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, National Archives Collection. Online Image: 75KB; 740 x 605 Reproductions may also be available at National Archives.
Photo #: 80-G-32669 Pearl Harbor Attack, 7 December 1941 USS Avocet (AVP-4) at Berth Fox-1A, at Ford Island, prior to 1045 hrs. on 7 December, when she moved to avoid oil fires drifting southward along the shore of Ford Island. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, National Archives Collection. Online Image: 73KB; 740 x 550 Reproductions may also be available at National Archives.
Photo #: NH 50766 Pearl Harbor Raid, December 1941 USS Phoenix (CL-46) steams down the channel off Ford Island's "Battleship Row", past the sunken and burning USS West Virginia (BB-48), at left, and USS Arizona (BB-39), at right, 7 December 1941. NHHC Photograph. Online Image: 87KB; 740 x 610

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