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VT Leader (Lieutenant Commander Shigeharu Murata) 1st Shotai: 3 × B5N (Lieutenant Commander Murata) 2nd Shotai: 3 × B5N. 3rd Shotai: 3 × B5N (Lieutenant Asao Negishi) 4th Shotai: 3 × B5N. Carrier KagaAichi D3A "Val" dive bomberJapanese planes warming up for attack on Pearl Harbor. Kaga(Captain Jisaku Okada[e])
Isaac Campbell Kidd (March 26, 1884 – December 7, 1941) was a rear admiral in the United States Navy. He was the father of Admiral Isaac C. Kidd Jr. Kidd was killed on the bridge of USS Arizona during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The highest-ranking casualty at Pearl Harbor, he became the first U.S. Navy flag officer killed in action ...
Radar warning of Pearl Harbor attack. On the morning of 7 December 1941 the SCR-270 radar at the Opana Radar Site on northern Oahu detected a large number of aircraft approaching from the north. This information was conveyed to Fort Shafter ’s Intercept Center. The report was dismissed by Lieutenant Kermit Tyler who assumed that it was a ...
Second Sino-Japanese War. The attack on Pearl Harbor[nb 3]was a surprise military strikeby the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Serviceon the American naval baseat Pearl Harborin Honolulu, Hawaii, in the United States, just before 8:00 a.m. (local time) on Sunday, December 7, 1941. At the time, the United States was a neutral countryin World War II.
Battles/wars. World War II. Attack on Pearl Harbor †. Awards. Medal of Honor. Franklin Van Valkenburgh (April 5, 1888 – December 7, 1941) was an American naval officer who served as the last captain of the USS Arizona (BB-39). He was killed when the Arizona exploded and sank during the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Lou Conter. Louis Anthony Conter (September 13, 1921 – April 1, 2024) was an American naval officer who was a lieutenant commander and naval aviator in the United States Navy. At the time of his death, he was the last living survivor of the sinking of the USS Arizona during the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. [1]
Barbettes: 13 in (330 mm) Turrets: 18 in (457 mm) Decks: 5 in (127 mm) Conning tower: 16–14 in (406–356 mm) USS Arizona was a battleship built for the United States Navy in the mid-1910s. Named in honor of the 48th state, she was the second and last ship in the Pennsylvania class. After being commissioned in 1916, Arizona remained stateside ...
USS Arizona Memorial. The USS Arizona Memorial, at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii, marks the resting place of 1,102 of the 1,177 sailors and Marines killed on USS Arizona during the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, and commemorates the events of that day. The attack on Pearl Harbor led to the United States' involvement in World War II.