I am having serious trouble remembering what Battleships where at Pearle Harbour. I know there was Arizona, Oaklahoma but from there I draw a blank. Also I would like to get as many information I can on US Carriers during WW2 to today! As a canadian we dont get to see carriers (We havent had one since 1974) and I would love to get as much info and generate discussions on the topic if posssible. Thanks a million
You might want to post this in the following forums. Information Requests - World War II Forums War in the Pacific - World War II Forums Or check out these previous threads, http://www.ww2f.com/wwii-general/21913-submersible-aircraft-carriers.html http://www.ww2f.com/weapons-wwii/23568-graf-zeppelin.html http://www.ww2f.com/military-history/22836-submarine-aircraft-carriers.html http://www.ww2f.com/wwii-general/21948-hybrid-aircraft-carriers.html http://www.ww2f.com/military-history/18481-aircraft-carriers-modern-world.html And Google is your friend. Ships Present at Pearl Harbor, 0800 7 December 1941 http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq66-2.htm World Aircraft Carriers List: US Fleet Carriers, WWII Era http://www.hazegray.org/navhist/carriers/us_fleet.htm World Aircraft Carriers Lists From 1913 to 2001 http://www.hazegray.org/navhist/carriers/ Evolution of Aircraft Carriers http://www.history.navy.mil/branches/car-toc.htm The Aircraft Carrier — A Brief Illustrated History http://www.navy.mil/navydata/ships/carriers/carriers.asp A History of Royal Navy Aircraft Carriers http://www.btinternet.com/~warship/Feature/history.htm Japanese aircraft carriers http://www.combinedfleet.com/cv.htm
Nevada, Arizona, Tennessee, West Virginia, Maryland, Oklahoma, California, Pennsylvannia and the target ship Utah an ex battleship converted to a target -having a false timber protective deck may have been mistaken for a carrier. Aircraft Carriers of the World 1914 to the present by Roger Chesneau ISBN 0-85368-636 is a good basic encyclopedia for A/Cs
Wiki is pretty good in this area at least for starters. Warships1 forums area also good sources for a lot of this. If you want to get into details check out navweapons.
Thanks all! We spell it "Google.ca" But I have another question; Why did the Commander of Pearle not have any AA defences around the base and especially the harbour? Why where there so few destroyers in the region? Sorry if this shoudl be common knowldge but I am afraid being Canadian we dont really learn this in depth at school!
Plumky. Those questions really belong and can probably be answered in the War in the Pacific - World War II Forums or Information Requests - World War II Forums
I count 30 destroyers (DD), 9 destroyer minelayers (DM) and 4 destroyer minesweepers (DMS) in Pearl Harbor and the immediate area on the day of the attack. The DD number includes three that were in drydock (Cassin, Downes and Shaw) There were 9 DDs with TF 8 (Enterprise), 200 miles from Pearl inbound. There were 5 DDs with TF 12 (Lexington) 460 miles from Midway, en route there. There were 5 DMs with TF 3 (Indianapolis) at Johnson Island. There were 4 DMSs in the FLeet Operating Area, 25 miles S of Pearl Harbor. One DD was 60 miles South of PH That is a large portion of the Central Pacific Fleet and the US Fleet in general. BTW, they don't teach about Pearl Harbor in very much depth here, either.
The deck was just a layer of wood over the existing decks, not a canopy. No pilot in the Japanese flight should have mistaken her for a CV. They were told that she was in that position and to ignore her. Simple buck fever, evidently.
