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Ships and District Craft Present at Pearl Harbor, 0800 7 December 1941


The commissioned U.S. Navy ships and non-commissioned district craft (both self-propelled and non-self-propelled) in the list below are sorted by type and hull number. Pearl Harbor is defined as the area inside the nets guarding the harbor entrance.

Ships marked with an asterisk (*) were within twelve miles of the island of Oahu but were not actually within Pearl Harbor proper. Locations of those ships are indicated. Ships marked with a number symbol (#) were sunk or destroyed during the Pearl Harbor attack. All of these were later raised and rebuilt except for ArizonaOklahoma, and UtahOklahoma was raised but not rebuilt.

Ship Type Status Name Hull Number Note (related links)
  Battleships (BB)
    Pennsylvania (BB-38) (in Dry Dock No.1) (photos)
(Action Report)
  # Arizona (BB-39)   (photos)
(Action Report)
    Nevada (BB-36)   (photos)
(Action Report)
  # Oklahoma (BB-37)   (photos)
(Action Report)
    Tennessee (BB-43)   (photos)
(Action Report)
  # California (BB-44)   (photos)
(Action Report)
    Maryland (BB-46)   (photos)
(Action Report)
  # West Virginia (BB-48)   (photos)
(Action Report)
  Heavy Cruisers (CA)
    New Orleans (CA-32)   (Action Report)
    San Francisco (CA-38)   (Action Report)

 

Ship Type Status Name Hull Number Note (related links)
  Light Cruisers (CL)
    Raleigh (CL-7)   (Action Report)
    Detroit (CL-8)   (Action Report)
    Phoenix (CL-46)   (Action Report)
    Honolulu (CL-48)   (Action Report)
    St. Louis (CL-49)   (Action Report)
    Helena (CL-50)   (Action Report)
  Destroyers (DD)
    Allen (DD-66)   (Action Report)
    Schley (DD-103)    
    Chew (DD-106)   (Action Report)
  * Ward (DD-139) (patrolling Channel entrance to Pearl Harbor) (Action Report)
    Dewey (DD-349)   (Action Report)
    Farragut (DD-348)   (Action Report)
    Hull (DD-350)   (Action Report)
    MacDonough (DD-351)   (Action Report)
    Worden (DD-352)   (Action Report)
    Dale (DD-353)   (Action Report)
    Monaghan (DD-354) (preparing to get underway to aid Ward) (Action Report)
    Aylwin (DD-355)   (Action Report)
    Selfridge (DD-357)   (Action Report)
    Phelps (DD-360)   (Action Report)
    Cummings (DD-365)   (Action Report)
    Reid (DD-369)   (Action Report)
    Case (DD-370)   (Action Report)
    Conyngham (DD-371)   (Action Report)
    Cassin (DD-372) (in Dry Dock No.1) (Action Report)
    Shaw (DD-373) (in floating drydock YFD-2) (Action Report)
    Tucker (DD-374)   (Action Report)
    Downes (DD-375) (in Dry Dock No.1) (Action Report)
    Bagley (DD-386)   (Action Report)
    Blue (DD-387)   (Action Report)
    Helm (DD-388) (underway, nearing West Loch) (Action Report)
    Mugford (DD-389)   (Action Report)
    Ralph Talbot (DD-390)   (Action Report)
    Henley (DD-391)   (Action Report)
    Patterson (DD-392)   (Action Report)
    Jarvis (DD-393)   (Action Report)

 

Ship Type Status Name Hull Number Note (related links)
  Submarines (SS)
    Narwhal (SS-167)   (Action Report)
    Dolphin (SS-169)   (Action Report)
    Cachalot (SS-170)   (Action Report)
    Tautog (SS-199)   (Action Report)
  Minelayer (CM)
  # Oglala (CM-4)   (Action Report)
  Minesweepers (AM)
    Turkey (AM-13)   (Action Report)
    Bobolink (AM-20)   (Action Report)
    Rail (AM-26)   (Action Report)
    Tern (AM-31)   (Action Report)
    Grebe (AM-43)    
    Vireo (AM-52)   (Action Report)

 

Ship Type Status Name Hull Number Note (related links)
  Coastal Minesweepers (AMc)
    Cockatoo (AMc-8)    
    Crossbill (AMc-9)    
    Condor (AMc-14)    
    Reedbird (AMc-30)    
  Light Minelayers (DM)
    Gamble (DM-15)   (Action Report)
    Ramsay (DM-16)   (Action Report)
    Montgomery (DM-17)   (Action Report)
    Breese (DM-18)
redesignated
  (Action Report)
    Tracy (DM-19) redesignated   (Action Report)
    Preble (DM-20)   (Action Report)
    Sicard (DM-21)   (Action Report)
    Pruitt (DM-22)   (Action Report)
  High Speed Minesweepers (DMS)
    Zane (DMS-14)   (Action Report)
    Wasmuth (DMS-15)   (Action Report)
    Trever (DMS-16)   (Action Report)
    Perry (DMS-17)   (Action Report)

 

Ship Type Status Name Hull Number Note (related links)
  Gunboat (PG)
    Sacramento (PG-19)   (Action Report)
  Destroyer Tenders (AD)
    Dobbin (AD-3)   (Action Report)
    Whitney (AD-4)   (Action Report)
  Seaplane Tenders (AV)
    Curtiss (AV-4)   (Action Report)
    Tangier (AV-8)   (Action Report)
  Seaplane Tenders (Small) (AVP)
    Avocet (AVP-4) redesignated   (Action Report)
    Swan (AVP-7) (on Marine Railway) (Action Report)
  Seaplane Tenders (Destroyer) (AVD)
    Hulbert (AVD-6)   (Action Report)
    Thornton (AVD-11)   (Action Report)

 

Ship Type Status Name Hull Number Note (related links)
  Ammunition Ship (AE)
    Pyro (AE-1) (at Naval Ammunition Depot, West Loch) (Action Report)
  Oilers (AO)
    Ramapo (AO-12)   (Action Report)
    Neosho (AO-23)   (Action Report)
  Repair Ships (AR)
    Medusa (AR-1)   (Action Report)
    Vestal (AR-4)   (Action Report)
  Base Repair Ship (ARb)
    Rigel (ARb-1)   (Action Report)
  Submarine Tender (AS)
    Pelias (AS-14)   (Action Report)
  Submarine Rescue Ship (ASR)
    Widgeon (ASR-1) redesignated   (Action Report)

 

Ship Type Status Name Hull Number Note (related links)
  Hospital Ship (AH)
    Solace (AH-5)   (Action Report)
  Cargo Ship (AK)
  * Vega (AK-17) (at Honolulu) (Action Report)
  General-Stores-Issue Ships (AKS)
    Castor (AKS-1)   (Action Report)
  * Antares (AKS-3)
reclassified
at Pearl Harbor entrance (Action Report)
  Ocean-going Tugs (AT)
    Ontario (AT-13)   (Action Report)
    Sunnadin (AT-28)   (Action Report)
  * Keosanqua (AT-38) (at Pearl Harbor entrance) (Action Report)
  * Navajo (AT-64) (12 miles outside Pearl Harbor entrance) (Action Report)
  Miscellaneous Auxiliaries (AG)
  # Utah (AG-16)   (Action Report)
    Argonne (AG-31)   (Action Report)
    Sumner (AG-32)   (Action Report)

 

Ship Type Status Name Hull Number Note (related links)
  Motor Torpedo Boats (PT)
    PT-20     (Action Report)
    PT-21     (Action Report)
    PT-22     (Action Report)
    PT-23     (Action Report)
    PT-24     (Action Report)
    PT-25     (Action Report)
    PT-26   (on pier, Navy Yard)  
    PT-27   (on board Ramapo)  
    PT-28   (on pier, Navy Yard)  
    PT-29   (on board Ramapo)  
    PT-30   (on board Ramapo)  
    PT-42   (on board Ramapo)  
  District Craft Harbor Tugs (YT)
    Sotoyomo (YT-9) (in YFD-2 with Shaw) (Shaw Action Report)
    Geronimo YT-119    
    Osceola (YT-129) class changed to YTB  
      YT-130    
    Nokomis YT-142    
    Hoga (YT-146)    
      YT-152    
      YT-153 (underway in channel)  
  Motor Tug (YMT)
      YMT-5    
  Torpedo Testing Barge (YTT)
      YTT-3    

 

Ship Type Status Name Hull Number Note (related links)
  Net Tenders (YN)
    Ash (YN-2)    
    Cinchona (YN-7)    
    Cockenoe (YN-47) Honolulu Harbor  
    Marin (YN-53)    
    Wapello (YN-56)    
  District Patrol Vessel (YP)
      YP-109    
  Floating Drydock (YFD)
      YFD-2 (with Shaw and Sotoyomo docked)  
  Salvage Pontoons (YSP)
      YSP-11    
      YSP-12    
      YSP-13    
      YSP-14    
      YSP-15    
      YSP-16    
      YSP-17    
      YSP-18    
      YSP-19    
      YSP-20    

 

Ship Type Status Name Hull Number Note (related links)
  Floating Workshops (YR)
      YR-20    
      YR-22 (alongside Cachalot)  
  Miscellaneous (Unclassified) (IX)
    Cheng Ho (IX-52)    
  Gate Vessel (YNg)
      YNg-17    
  Garbage Lighters (YG)
      YG-15    
      YG-17    
      YG-21    
  Ferryboat (YFB)
    Manuwai (YFB-16)    
    Nihoa (YFB-17)    
  Fuel Oil Barges (YO)
      YO-30    
      YO-43    
      YO-44    
  Seaplane Wrecking Derrick (YSD)
      YSD-9    

 

Ship Type Status Name Hull Number Note (related links)
  Hulk
    Ex-Baltimore (CM-1)    
  Covered Lighters (YF)
      YF-240    
      YF-241    
  Open Lighters (YC)
      YC-429    
      YC-470    
      YC-473    
      YC-477    
      YC-651    
      YC-699    
  Pontoon Storage Barges (YPK)
      YPK-2    
      YPK-3    

 

Ship Type Status Name Hull Number Note (related links)
  Submarine Rescue Chamber (YRC)
      YRC-5    
  Ash Lighter (YA)
      YA-66    
  Water Barge (YW)
      YW-10    

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Published: Fri Nov 13 16:49:21 EST 2020