December 7, 1941 “Day of Infamy”

[HogHammer]

FDR’s “Day of Infamy” Speech | National Archives Background on famous speech by Franklin D. Roosevelt

[Slammer58]

Saw this photo on another site where I'm a member.  Even though their hulls were pretty much destroyed, thought it was interesting that the USN was able to reuse so much salvage material from these two DDs and then built entirely new ships and gave them the wrecked ship's names and hull numbers.

https://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/photography/wars-and-events/world-war-ii/pearl-harbor-raid/attacks-in-the-navy-yard-area/uss-pennsylvania--cassin-and-downes-during-the-pearl-harbor-atta.html#:~:text=Naval History and Heritage Command,-Social Media&text=Also in the drydock%2C side,that badly strained their structure

[CFagan_1987]

5 hours ago, Slammer58 said:

Saw this photo on another site where I'm a member.  Even though their hulls were pretty much destroyed, thought it was interesting that the USN was able to reuse so much salvage material from these two DDs and then built entirely new ships and gave them the wrecked ship's names and hull numbers.

https://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/photography/wars-and-events/world-war-ii/pearl-harbor-raid/attacks-in-the-navy-yard-area/uss-pennsylvania--cassin-and-downes-during-the-pearl-harbor-atta.html#:~:text=Naval History and Heritage Command,-Social Media&text=Also in the drydock%2C side,that badly strained their structure

Is that the USS Shaw towards the front? I saw another picture of her earlier from just after the attack and I can't believe she was actually restored to service. She was literally WRECKED. No bow, superstructure gone, etc.

[HogHammer]

@CFagan_1987  USS Pennsylvania, behind the wreckage of the USS Downes and USS Cassin.

Pearl Harbor Remembered 70 years later (clevelandseniors.com)    Look about midway in article.

Dry Dock No 1 1941
USS Downes DD-375 in the left foreground and USS Cassin DD-372 capsized against Downes in Drydock 1 at the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard. Behind is the USS Pennsylvania BB-38 with the heavy smoke in the distance from USS Arizona BB-39 Official Armed Forces Photograph released by Mare Island Naval Shipyard Vallejo, Ca.  Photo # 80-G-19943, attributed to Navy Photographer's Mate Harold Fawcett.  

 

 

[Snargfargle]

You might be interested to know that the guns of Arizona's #2 turret were salvaged, re-lined, and installed on the Nevada. Turret #2 can be seen just above the waterline in this picture. The Arizona's rear turrets were installed as shore batteries in Hawaii.

https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/uss-arizonas-last-salvo