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139: 253: 22: 130:. Due to its location in the center of the harbor, where the water was deepest and the potential for maneuvering greater than along the shores, this coast of Ford Island became the de facto mooring location for the Pacific Fleet's battleships and took on the nickname "Battleship Row". 753: 205:
was also damaged. Battleship Row was not visible from Hickam Field because of the thick black smoke. Following the attack, operations immediately commenced to refloat and repair the damaged ships. The first to be completed was
557: 415:: hit by two torpedoes, capsized; total loss. 64 dead. Was commissioned as a target ship at the time of the attack and was docked on the west side of Ford Island, opposite Battleship Row. 296:, sunk, with her hull shattered by the explosion of the magazines below the two forward turrets. Note dark oil streaks on the harbor surface, originating from the sunken battleships. 758: 810: 467: 1013: 256:
An aerial view of Battleship Row moorings on the southern side of Ford Island, three days after the attack on Pearl Harbor. In upper left is the sunken
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decided in 1919 to establish a major naval base in Pearl Harbor, the southeastern side of Ford Island was ceded from control of the
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was eventually refloated but not repaired, and capsized and sank while being towed back to the mainland for scrapping.
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was in port at Pearl Harbor, but was not moored with the rest of the battleships, as she had since been converted to a
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on December 7, 1941. These ships bore the brunt of the Japanese assault. They were moored next to
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were expended in atomic bomb tests in the Pacific. The rest were scrapped in the late 1950s.
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had returned to service. Each of the six surviving battleships saw service in the Pacific
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s hull remains a memorial, one of the most popular tourist attractions on the island.
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suffered the most serious damage and loss of life, an explosion in a forward
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is in the center of the picture, and Battleship Row is behind the island.
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suffered damage sufficient to keep her non-operational until late 1942;
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Japanese planes attacking Battleship Row, as seen from the southwest.
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breaking the hull in two. Of the other four battleships,
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on April 19, 1942. By the end of the war, all except
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battleships
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
Japanese
attacked
Ford Island
Arizona
California
Maryland
Nevada
Oklahoma
Tennessee
West Virginia
Vestal
United States Navy
Army Air Service
Secretary of War
Newton D. Baker

Ford Island
magazine
dry dock
island hopping campaign
invasion of Normandy

California
Maryland
Oklahoma
Tennessee
West Virginia

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