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Damage to the forecastle deck of USS Nevada, caused by the explosion of a Japanese bomb below decks. Gun barrels of the battleship's forward 14/45 triple turret are in the background. Photographed on 12 December 1941 from on board USS Rail

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Boats and boating--Equipment and supplies

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Torpedo damage to the hull of USS California, photographed at the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard in April 1942, soon after the ship had been drydocked for repairs.

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Damage to Substation on 1010 Dock, Pearl Harbor Navy Yard. Large sign on building in the center background, reads: Cable Crossing, Do Not Anchor. The original photograph was in Enclosure (B) to 14th Naval District report, serial 01451 of 24 December 1941.

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View looking toward the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard in the morning of 7 December 1941, during or soon after the end of the Japanese air raid. USS Nevada is in the center distance. Large column of smoke to the left of her is from USS Shaw, burning in the floating drydock. Battleship Row is in the right center. Largest mass of smoke there comes from USS Arizona (BB-39).

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Bomb damage to the deck on the east quay wall, Pearl Harbor Navy Yard. The hole measured about 15 inches across. The original photograph was in Enclosure (B) to 14th Naval District report, serial 01451 of 24 December 1941.

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USS West Virginia (BB-48) afire forward, immediately after the Japanese air attack. USS Tennessee (BB-43) is on the sunken battleship's other side

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Japanese Navy Type 97 Carrier Attack Plane flies over Hickam Army Air Field during the attack. Pearl Harbor is in the background, with smoke rising from burning ships off Ford Island and at the Navy Yard. Photographed from a Japanese plane.

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Picture from President Roosevelt's "Day of infamy" Speech. The purpose of this speech was to urge congress to declare war on Japan and to convince Americans to support the war effort.

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Sailors at Kaneohe Naval Air Station decorate the graves of their fellow sailors killed at Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941 / Official U.S. Navy photograph.

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The damaged USS Nevada tried to escape toward the Navy Yard, but became an easy target for the Japanese to sink it and black the entrance to Pearl Harbor. The ship was sunk with 60 killed on board.

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Around 8:10 am the USS Arizona exploded and ignited into flames. About half the Americans killed that day were on this ship.

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The Japanese also took the opportunity to attack military airfields while bombing Pearl Harbor. The purpose of these attacks was to destroy American planes before they could respond.

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An aerial view in the opening moments of the raid.

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Around 7 am on the day of the attack, An Army radar had detected the first wave of Japanese planes.The officers who received the reports did not consider them important enough to take action.

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Newspaper from attack on pearl harbor in 1941

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This was a newspaper published very shortly after the attack.

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This was the map/layout of the ships on December 7th 1941. It helps you visualize about how many ships were destroyed and damaged during the surprise attack.