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A Chronicle of the Attacks


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US MILITARY - SHIPS

 

Name/Number
Built
Top Speed
Location During Attack
Crew

Attack Details

California Battleship 44
1919
21.0 knots
Battleship Row; forward of the Maryland and Oklahoma
2,200
2 torpedo hits, 0800-0810 hours; 1 bomb hit
Maryland Battleship 46
1920
21.0 knots
Battleship Row; tied to the Oklahoma
2,100
2 bomb hits
Oklahoma Battleship 37
1914
20.5 knots
Battleship Row; tied to the Maryland
1,301
5 torpedo hits; ship capsized; 429 men dead; 32 survivors cut out of hull in following days
Tennessee Battleship 43
1919
21.0 knots
Battleship Row; inboard of the West Virginia
2,200
2 bomb hits
West Virginia Battleship 48
1921
21.0 knots
Battleship Row; outboard of the Tennessee
2,350
6 torpedo hits; 2 bomb hits; half sunk
Arizona Battleship 39
1915
21.0 knots
Battleship Row; tied to the Vestal forward of the Nevada
1,500
1 torpedo hit, 0805 hours; 8 bomb hits, 0810 hours; half sunk
Pennsylvania Battleship 38
1915
21.0 knots
Dry dock; behind the destroyers Cassin and Downes
1,301
2 bomb hits, 0900-0910 hours
Nevada Battleship 36
1914
21.0 knots
Battleship Row; tied to the Vestal, which was forward of the Nevada
1,500
1 torpedo hit; 6 bomb hits; beached on Hospital Point
Utah
Battleship 31
1911
20.0 knots
West side of Ford Island
1,001
2 torpedo hits; capsized to port
Helena
Light Cruiser 50
1938
32.5 knots
Ten Ten Pier; inboard of the Oglala
1,700
1 torpedo hit
Cassin
Destroyer 372
1933
36.5 knots
Dry dock; next to the Downes
172
1 bomb hit, 0906 hours
Downes Destroyer 375
1933
36.5 knots
Dry dock; next to the Cassin
172
2 bomb hits, 0906 hours
Shaw
Destroyer 373
1935
36.5 knots
Floating dry dock; west of the Pennsylvania and Ten Ten Pier
172
3 bomb hits, 0902 hours; badly damaged
Oglala
Minelayer 4
1917
20.0 knots
Ten Ten Pier; across from Battleship Row outboard of the Helena
300
1 torpedo hit, 0930 hours; capsized to port
Argonne
Flagship 31
1921
15.5 knots
Naval Yard dock; southeast of Battleship Row
85
No damage
Vestal
Repair Ship 4
1909
16.0 knots
Battleship Row; tied to the Arizona
466
2 bomb hits; beached on Aiea Sands, 0945 hours
  
  
  

JAPANESE MILITARY - SHIPS

 

Name
Translation
Built
Top Speed
Aircraft Carried
Crew
Akagi
Red Castle
1927
31 knots
2,000
Kaga
Increased Joy
1920
28.5 knots
27 Zeros, 27 Vals, 27 Kates
2,016
Shokaku
Happy Crane
1939
34.5 knots
18 Zeros, 27 Vals, 27 Kates
1,660
Zuikaku
Lucky Crane
1939
34.5 knots
18 Zeros, 27 Vals, 27 Kates
1,600
Hiryu
Flying Dragon
1939
34.5 knots
24 Zeros, 18 Vals, 18 Kates
1,100
Soryu
Green Dragon
1937
34.5 knots
27 Zeros,18 Vals, 18 Kates
1,100
  
  
  

JAPANESE MILITARY - PLANES

 

Name/Model
Speed
Range
Bomb or Torpedo Payload
Crew
Description
Aichi 3A2,
Val Type 99
281 mph
(450 kph)
874 miles (1407 km)
(1) 250-kg (551-lb) bomb under fusilage
(1) 60-kg (132-lb) bomb under each wing
Two back to back
Carrier-borne, single-engine dive bomber
Mitsubishi A6M2 Zeke or Zero
Model 11
340 mph
(544 kph)
1,160 miles
(1867 km)
(1) 60-kg (132-lb) bomb under each wing
One
Carrier-borne fighter
Nakajima B5N2
Kate Type 97,
Model 12
225 mph
(360 kph)
683 miles
(1093 km)
(1) 18-in (28-cm) torpedo
or (1) 500-kg (1100-lb) bomb
Two to three
Single-engine torpedo bomber
  
  
  
  

JAPANESE MILITARY - FIRST WAVE ATTACK - FIRST GROUP

 

Group/Carrier of Origin
Aircraft
Armament
Assigned Target(s)
Akagi, 1st Attack Unit
15 Kates
800-kg (1760-lb) armor-piercing bomb
U.S.S. Maryland, U.S.S. Tennessee, or U.S.S. West Virginia
Kaga, 2nd Attack Unit
14 Kates
800-kg (1760-lb) armor-piercing bomb
U.S.S. Arizona/U.S.S. Vestal, U.S.S. Tennessee, or U.S.S. West Virginia
Soryu, 3rd Attack Unit
10 Kates
800-kg (1760-lb) armor-piercing bomb
U.S.S. Nevada, U.S.S. Tennessee, or U.S.S. West Virginia
Hiryu, 4th Attack Unit
10 Kates
800-kg (1760-lb) armor-piercing bomb
U.S.S. Arizona, U.S.S. California
Akagi, 1st Torpedo Attack Unit
12 Kates
Mk 91 aerial torpedo
U.S.S. West Virginia, U.S.S. Oklahoma, or U.S.S. California
Kaga, 2nd Torpedo Attack Unit
12 Kates
Mk 91 aerial torpedo
U.S.S. West Virginia, U.S.S. Oklahoma, or U.S.S. Nevada
Soryu, 3rd Torpedo Attack Unit
8 Kates
Mk 91 aerial torpedo
U.S.S. Utah, U.S.S. Helena, U.S.S. California, or U.S.S. Raleigh
Hiryu, 4th Torpedo Attack Unit
8 Kates
Mk 91 aerial torpedo
U.S.S. West Virginia, U.S.S. Oklahoma, or U.S.S. Helena
  
  
  
  

JAPANESE MILITARY - FIRST WAVE ATTACK - SECOND GROUP

 

Group/Carrier of Origin
Aircraft
Armament
Assigned Target(s)
Shokaku, 15th Attack Unit
26 Vals
250-kg (550-lb) general-purpose dive-bomb
Hickam Field
Zuikaku, 16th Attack Unit
25 Vals
250-kg (550-lb) general-purpose dive-bomb
Wheeler Field
  
  
  
  

JAPANESE MILITARY - FIRST WAVE ATTACK - THIRD GROUP

 

Group/Carrier of Origin Aircraft Armament Assigned Target(s)
Akagi, 1st Fighter Combat Unit
9 Zeros
20-mm (.79-in) cannon
Hickam Field, Ewa Air Control, and grounded aircraft at Ford Island
Kaga, 2nd Fighter Combat Unit
9 Zeros
20-mm (.79-in) cannon
Hickam Field, Ford Island Air Control, and grounded aircraft at Ford Island
Soryu, 3rd Fighter Combat Unit
8 Zeros
20-mm (.79-in) cannon
Wheeler Field, Ewa Air Control, and grounded aircraft at Barbers Point
Hiryu, 4th Fighter Combat Unit
6 Zeros
20-mm (.79-in) cannon
Wheeler Field, Ewa Air Control, and grounded aircraft at Barbers Point
Shokaku, 5th Fighter Combat Unit
6 Zeros
20-mm (.79-in) cannon
Naval Air Station Kaneohe, Bellows Field Air Control, and grounded aircraft at Kaneohe
Zuikaku, 6th Fighter Combat Unit
5 Zeros
20-mm (.79-in) cannon
Air control and grounded aircraft at Kaneohe
  
  
  
  

JAPANESE MILITARY - SECOND WAVE ATTACK - FIRST GROUP

 

Group/Carrier of Origin
Aircraft
Armament
Assigned Target(s)
Shokaku, 5th Attack Unit
27 Kates
(1) 250-kg (551-lb) general-purpose bomb and (6) 60-kg (132-lb) regular bombs bomb under fusilage
Kaneohe Naval Air Station
Zuikaku, 6th Attack Unit
27 Kates
(1) 250-kg (551-lb) general-purpose bomb and (6) 60-kg (132-lb) regular bombs
Hickam Field
  
  
  
  

JAPANESE MILITARY - SECOND WAVE ATTACK - SECOND GROUP

 

Group/Carrier of Origin
Aircraft
Armament
Assigned Target(s)
Akagi, 13th Attack Unit
18 Vals
250-kg (551-lb) general purpose dive-bomb
Ford Island NW, U.S.S. Neosho, U.S.S. Shaw, and U.S.S. Nevada
Zuikaku, 14th Attack Unit
17 Vals
250-kg (551-lb) general purpose dive-bomb
Navy Yard, U.S.S. California, and U.S.S. Maryland
Soryu, 11th Attack Unit
17 Vals
250-kg (551-lb) general purpose dive-bomb
Navy Yard, U.S.S. California, and U.S.S. Raleigh
Kaga, 12th Attack Unit
26 Vals
250-kg (551-lb) general purpose dive-bomb
U.S.S. Nevada, U.S.S. Maryland, and U.S.S. West Virginia
  
  
  
  

JAPANESE MILITARY - SECOND WAVE ATTACK - THIRD GROUP

 

Group/Carrier of Origin
Aircraft
Armament
Assigned Target(s)
Akagi, 1st Fighter Combat Unit
9 Zeros
20-mm (.79-in) cannon
Hickam Field
Kaga, 2nd Fighter Combat Unit
9 Zeros
20-mm (.79-in) cannon
Pearl Harbor
Soryu, 3rd Fighter Combat Unit
9 Zeros
20-mm (.79-in) cannon
NAS Kaneohe

 

 

 

 

 


 
 




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