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Pearl Harbor bombing. Hangar fire. Japanese bombs wrecked and fired this hangar at the U.S. naval air station, Pearl Harbor, in addition to causing extensive damage to planes on the apron and runways, several of which may be seen in the foreground

Pearl Harbor bombing. Hangar fire. Japanese bombs wrecked and fired this hangar at the U.S. naval air station, Pearl Harbor, in addition to causing extensive damage to planes on the apron and runways, several of which may be seen in the foreground

Pearl Harbor bombing. After the fire. Battered by aerial torpedoes and bomb hits, the 31,800 ton USS West Virginia (nearest ship) rests on the bottom of Pearl Harbor. Fire following the explosions as well as oil flames from the nearby sunken USS Arizona added extensively to the damage. Noted the wrecked scout plane topside of gun turret at right and the overturned plane in the right hand corner. The battleship USS Tennessee is in the background

Pearl Harbor bombing. After the fire. Battered by aerial torpedoes and bomb hits, the 31,800 ton USS West Virginia (nearest ship) rests on the bottom of Pearl Harbor. Fire following the explosions as well as oil flames from the nearby sunken USS Arizona added extensively to the damage. Noted the wrecked scout plane topside of gun turret at right and the overturned plane in the right hand corner. The battleship USS Tennessee is in the background

Pearl Harbor bombing. USS Downes and Cassin. The jumbled mass of wreckage in the foreground of drydock number one are the U.S. destroyers, Downes (left) and Cassin (right). The battleship in the rear is the USS Pennsylvania, 33,100 ton flagship of the Pacific Fleet, which suffered relatively light damage during the Japanese attack. The Pennsylvania was repaired shortly after the attack. Main and auxiliary machinery fittings of the Downes and Cassin are being transferred to new hulls

Pearl Harbor bombing. USS Downes and Cassin. The jumbled mass of wreckage in the foreground of drydock number one are the U.S. destroyers, Downes (left) and Cassin (right). The battleship in the rear is the USS Pennsylvania, 33,100 ton flagship of the Pacific Fleet, which suffered relatively light damage during the Japanese attack. The Pennsylvania was repaired shortly after the attack. Main and auxiliary machinery fittings of the Downes and Cassin are being transferred to new hulls

Pearl Harbor bombing. USS Oklahoma. Rescue crews are shown here working on the upturned hull of the 29,000 ton battleship USS Oklahoma, which capsized in Pearl Harbor after being blasted by Japanese warplanes. Holes were burned through the hull to permit the rescue of some of the men trapped below. Note one of the Oklahoma's launches in the foreground. The battleship, USS Maryland is in the background

Pearl Harbor bombing. Wrecked seaplane. One of the 80 U.S. Navy planes wrecked by Japanese bombs and bullets during the air attacks on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941. The plane was an OS2U, an Observation Scout built by Vought-Sikorsky

Pearl Harbor bombing. USS Vestal. This U.S. repair ship, twice bombed by Japanese fliers, was beached after the ship started flooding. The Vestal has since been repaired

Pearl Harbor bombing. USS Curtiss.Wreckage of Japanese plane, which crashed into one of the cranes, may still be seen on the deck of the U.S. seaplane tender, Curtiss. In addition, the Curtiss was damaged by a bomb explosion on the main deck in the forward part of a hangar. All damage has since been repaired

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label_outline Explore Bomb Explosion, Wreckage, Bombing Of Japan In World War Ii

[Theodore Roosevelt on deck of ship surrounded by naval officers and a woman passing by]

A black and white photo of people on a boat, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photograph

The source of the "bang." Members of the first "big" plebe class at U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md., shown aboard the U.S.S. Babbitt, destroyer, where the newcomers are examining a deck gun. The boys are having quite a time before the regular opening of the academy for all classes. 9/20/35

Explosion at Tremont & Boylston St., [Boston], Mar. 4, 1897

Wreck of the battleship "Maine" /

A North American P-51 nicknamed "My Girl" takes off from Iwo Jima, in the Bonin Islands

UNITED STATES NAVY. EITEL FRIEDRICH, GERMAN SHIP TAKEN OVER BY U.S.; SCENES ON DECK, ETC.

[Charleston Harbor, S.C. 24-pdr. howitzer on deck of U.S.S. Pawnee]

President Coolidge presents Congressional Medal of Honor to sailor Hero. William Russel Huber, Machinist Mate, First Class, United States Navy, receiving from President Coolidge today the Congressional Medal of Honor awarded to him for an act of outstanding heroism. After a boiler explosion on the U.S.S. Bruce last June 11, Huber rescued shipmates and then succeed in closing off the steampipes at the risk of his own life. In the picture at extreme left is Admiral Charles F. Hughes, Chief of Naval Operations, while on the right is Secretary of the Navy Curtis D. Wilbur

[Unidentified sailors in Union uniforms with American flag in front of painted backdrop showing ship deck with Monitor class ship in the distance]

Debarkation station aboard a transport bound for Salerno. "H" hour approaches, this time at Salerno. Assault craft are swung to deck level for loading and lowering into the sea. As flares are dropped from enemy planes and Allied naval and air bombardment shatters the coast, troops take their assigned debarkation stations

Potomac Electric Power Co. Benning plant. Damage of machine IV

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