Page 414 - Hawaii: Diving, Surfing, Pearl Harbor, Volcanoes and More

Side 1 of the Pearl Harbor

USS MONAGHAN At 7:51am this Destroyer got underway to join went out during the attack, picking up wounded men from flaming
the WARD in guarding the Pearl Harbor entrance. As she passed waters.
between CURTISS and TANGIER, both were firing at a midget sub.
The MONAGHAN powered forward to flank speed and rammed USS PHOENIX “Lucky Phoenix”, a light cruiser, steamed past the
the sub and tossed two depth charges for good measure. On Dec. 17, flaming Battleship Row and out to sea without being hit. Observers
1944,a powerful typhoon near the Philippines did what the enemy on the PHOENIX saw the incomingJapanese planes and her crew-
could not do in three years of battle. Only six men survived as the men immediately began firing at the enemy. One nearby bomb burst
ship was lost at sea in the storm. killed one of her crew, her only loss during the entire war.

USS CURTISS The crew began firing on the incoming Japanese USS NEVADA Attempted to sortie to sea at 8:40am. Just reaching the
planes and downed three of them. Unfortunately one of them Floating Drydock YFD-2, her captain had to beach her to prevent
crashed into the ship and set her afire. Just before, at 8:06am, she sinking in the Harbor Channel. The vessel had been struck by one
spotted an enemy sub off her starboard quarter and successfully sum- torpedo at mooring and five 250kg bombs along the way. Tugs helped
moned the destroyer MONAGHAN for the kill. her across the channel where she was beached off the Waipio Pen-
insula. One year later the repaired ship rejoined the Fleet, and went
USS UTAH This semi-retired ship was being used for target practice on to take part in the Normandy invasion, the invasion of Southern
by American pilots. It was hit by two torpedoes in the opening mo- France, and the Battle of Okinawa.
ments of the attack and the ship capsized. She was deemed unsal-
vageable and left on her side. To this day she still entombs as many as USS ARIZONA This battleship was the most damaged out of all of
40 seamen. the ships attacked. A 1756-lb. bomb detonated near the forward mu-
nitions magazine, resulting in an incredible explosion that destroyed
USS RALEIGH Despite a near-capsizing due to a torpedo blast, the the front half of the ship, and caused it to sinkin nine minutes, taking
RALEIGH crew downed five Japanese aircraft and suffered no fatali- 1177 lives. There were 377 survivors. The unsalvageable ship was left
ties. on the bottom of the harbor. The USS ARIZONA still entombs over
900 crewmen.
USS SOLACE Japanese bombers respected the SOLACE as a hospital
ship, with its white paint and red cross. Launches from the SOLACE