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<p>80-G-30550: Pearl Harbor Attack, 7 December 1941. Torpedo planes attack "Battleship Row" at about 0800 on 7 December, seen from a Japanese aircraft. Ships are, from lower left to right: Nevada (BB-36) with flag raised at stern; Arizona (BB-39) with Vestal (AR-4) outboard; Tennessee (BB-43) with West Virginia (BB-48) outboard; Maryland (BB-46) with Oklahoma (BB-37) outboard; Neosho (AO-23) and California (BB-44). West Virginia, Oklahoma and California have been torpedoed, as marked by ripples and spreading oil, and the first two are listing to port. Torpedo drop splashes and running tracks are visible at left and center. White smoke in the distance is from Hickam Field. Grey smoke in the center middle distance is from the torpedoed USS Helena (CL-50), at the Navy Yard's 1010 dock. Japanese writing in lower right states that the image was reproduced by authorization of the Navy Ministry. Also at NHHC as NH 50931. National Archives caption – from Japanese, “Our Sea Eagles’ determined attack had already opened, and a column of water from a direct torpedo hit on a Maryland Class is rising. On the surface of the water concentric waves are traced by the direct torpedo hits, while murky crude oil flows out. The three bright white streaks between the waves are the torpedo tracks. In the distance, the conflagration at the Hickman Airfield Hangars is seen.” (9/22/2015).</p>

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Caption: Pearl Harbor Attack, 7 December 1941. Torpedo planes attack "Battleship Row" at about 0800 on 7 December, seen from a Japanese aircraft. Ships are, from lower left to right: Nevada (BB-36) with flag raised at stern; Arizona (BB-39) with Vestal (AR-4) outboard; Tennessee (BB-43) with West Virginia (BB-48) outboard; Maryland (BB-46) with Oklahoma (BB-37) outboard; Neosho (AO-23) and California (BB-44). West Virginia, Oklahoma and California have been torpedoed, as marked by ripples and spreading oil, and the first two are listing to port. Torpedo drop splashes and running tracks are visible at left and center. White smoke in the distance is from Hickam Field. Grey smoke in the center middle distance is from the torpedoed USS Helena (CL-50), at the Navy Yard's 1010 dock. Japanese writing in lower right states that the image was reproduced by authorization of the Navy Ministry. Also at NHHC as NH 50931. National Archives caption – from Japanese, “Our Sea Eagles’ determined attack had already opened, and a column of water from a direct torpedo hit on a Maryland Class is rising. On the surface of the water concentric waves are traced by the direct torpedo hits, while murky crude oil flows out. The three bright white streaks between the waves are the torpedo tracks. In the distance, the conflagration at the Hickman Airfield Hangars is seen.” Official U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (9/22/2015).

Accession #: 80-G-30550

Naval History and Heritage Command

National Museum of the U.S. Navy

80-G-30550: Torpedo planes attack "Battleship Row" at about 0800 on 7 December, 1941