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    The USN Ships at Pearl Harbor During the Attack        

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    Positions of the ships at the start of the Pearl Harbor attack at 0755.
    Starting at the harbor entrance at the west and going approximately clockwise.

    Click on ship name for brief description with links to fuller descriptions.

    Outside Harbor Entrance
    Antares (AKS-3) - stores ship entering harbor followed by mini-sub.
    Ward (DD-139) - destroyer, on patrol, sinks mini-submarine.
    Condor (AMc-14) - patroling

    Hospital Point
    Helm (DD-388) - destroyer, in transit East Lock to West Lock.
    Rail (AM-26) ; Bobolink (AM-20) ; Vireo (AM-52) ; Turkey (AM-13) - auxiliary mine sweepers

    West Loch
    Pyro (AE-1) - explosives ship

    Middle Loch
    Ramsay (DM-16) ; Gamble (DM-15) ; Montgomery (DM-17) - light minelayers
    Trever (DMS-16) ; Breese (DM-18) ; Zane (DMS-14) ; Perry (DMS-17) ; Wasmuth (DMS-15) - fast minesweepers
    Madusa (AR-1) - repair ship
    Curtiss (AV-4) - seaplane tender

    NW side of Ford Island
    Tangier (AV-8) - seaplane tender
    Utah (AG-31) - gunnery training ship
    Raleigh (CL-7) - light cruiser, flag, DesFlot1
    Detroit (CL-8) - light cruiser, flag, DesFlot2

    East Loch
    Monaghan (DD-354) - ready destroyer ; Farragut (DD-348) ; Dale (DD-353) ; Aylwin (DD-355) - destroyers.
    Henley (DD-391) ; Ralph Talbot (DD-390) ; Patterson (DD-392) - destroyers.
    Dobbin (AD-3) - destroyer tender.
        Worden (DD-352) ; Hull (DD-350); Phelps (DD-360) ; Dewey (DD-349) ; MacDonough (DD-351)
    Whitney (AD-4) - destroyer tender
        Selfridge (DD-357) ; Case (DD-370) ; Tucker (DD-374) ; Reid (DD-369) ; Conyngham (DD-371) ;
    Blue (DD-387) - destroyer
    Phoenix (CL-46) - light cruiser
    Solace (AH-5) - hospital ship
    Allen (DD-66) ; Chew (DD-106) - old destroyers

    Battleship Row
    InboardOutboard
    Nevada (BB-36) - battleship
    Arizona (BB-39) - battleship ;     Vestal (AR-4) - repair ship
    Tennessee (BB-43) - battleship ;West Virginia (BB-48) - battleship
    Maryland (BB-46) - battleship ;Oklahoma (BB-37) - battleship
    Neosho (AO-23) - oil tanker
    California (BB-44) - battleship
    Avocet (AVP-4) - small seaplane tender

    Navy Yard - Going approximately from west to east.
    Shaw (DD-373) - destroyer
    Downes (DD-375) ; Cassin (DD-372) ; Pennsylvania (BB-38) - battleship
    Cachalot (SS-170) - submarine
    Oglala (CM-4) - fleet minelayer ;   Helena (CL-50) - light cruiser
    Argonne (AG-31) - HQ ship
    Sacramento (PG-13) ; Mugford (DD-389) ; Jarvis (DD-393)
    Swan (AVP-7) - small seaplane tender
    Ramapo (AO-12) - oil tanker
    Rigel (AR-11) - repair ship
    Tracy (DM-19) ; Preble (DM-20) ; Schley (DD-103) ; Cummings (DD-365) - destroyer
    Pruitt (DM-22) ; Sicard (DM-21) ; Grebe (AM-43) ; Ontario (AT-13) - ocean tug
    New Orleans (CA-32) - heavy cruiser
    San Francisco (CA-38) - heavy cruiser
    St Louis (CL-49) - light cruiser
    Honolulu (CL-48) - light cruiser
    Bagley (DD-386) - destroyer

    Submarine Base
    Castor (AKS-1) - stores ship
    Sumner (AG-32) - survey ship
    Hulbert (AVD-6) - seaplane tender destroyer
    Thornton (AVD-11) - seaplane tender destroyer
    Narwhal (SS-167) - submarine
    Dolphin (SS-169) - submarine
    Cachalot (SS-170) - submarine
    Taulog (SS-199) - submarine
    Pelias (AS-14) - sub tender

    Mooring place unknown.
    "Observed standing out to sea: Wharton at 10:25 ." [(AP-7), certainly Worden (DD-352)]

    USCG Station Honolulu - under USN command
    Taney (WPG-37) - 327' cutter, 2-5", 4:-3"
    Reliance (WSC-150) - 78' patrol craft, 1- 3"
    Tiger (WSC-152) - on patrol western shore of Oahu

    Virtually unknown under whoese command : USN or USCG?
    Condor (AMc-14)


    Key : when description is red = sunk ; bold = not salvaged ; blue = damaged
    References:
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