Photos Taken in Oahu | World War II Database

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USS Helena in drydock at Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, US Territory of Hawaii, 13 Dec 1941; note damage to propeller shaft and turbine	US Marine detachment of USS West Virginia aboard another warship, Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, mid or late Dec 1941

US Navy machine gun crew, possibly at Naval Air Station Ford Island, US Territory of Hawaii, circa mid-Dec 1941	The capsized minelayer USS Oglala still tied to the dock after being sunk in the Japanese air attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, mid-Dec 1941 photo. Note the checkerboard paint scheme of the harbor ferry Nihoa.

A destroyed Japanese B5N torpedo bomber, flown by Lieutenant Mimori Suzuki of carrier Kaga, being recovered from Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, Dec 1941	Lieutenant General Delos Emmons decorating an enlisted man for actions performed during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Hickam Field, 23 Dec 1941. Major General Clarence Tinker looking on.

Ha-19 under salvage on Oahu, 26 Dec 1941	Admiral Chester Nimitz addressing officers immediately after assuming command of Pacific Fleet, Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, 31 Dec 1941; Admiral Husband Kimmel at right

Admiral Nimitz presenting the Navy Cross award to Aviation Machinist's Mate First Class Wagoner aboard USS Grayling, Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, 31 Dec 1941	Japanese Type A-class midget submarine I-22tou which was sunk by destroyer Monaghan inside Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, United States during the Japanese attack, Dec 1941

Nimitz having just presented Navy Cross award to Ensign Fisler aboard USS Grayling, Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, 31 Dec 1941; Admiral Kimmel at right	Nimitz shaking hands with officers at the Pearl Harbor Submarine Base, US Territory of Hawaii, 31 Dec 1941

A message from USAAF Major General Clarence Tinker, commanding officer of air forces in Hawaii Islands, to his men at Hickam Field, late 1941 or early 1942	Barracks at Pearl Harbor Separation Center, Oahu, US Territory of Hawaii, date unknown

Civilian barracks at Marine Corps Air Station Ewa, US Territory of Hawaii, circa 1940s	Commanding officer of Bellows Army Air Field, Major N.K. Health, alongside his P-40 Warhawk, “Mammy Yokum,” early 1940s.

Men working with babbitt bearing, Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, US Territory of Hawaii, 1942	Naval Air Station Pearl Harbor, Oahu, US Territory of Hawaii, 1940s

TBD Devastator in a revetment at Kaneohe Naval Air Station, Oahu, Hawaii, 1942. Note that the plane is already armed with a torpedo.	The administration building at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, Oahu, US Territory of Hawaii, date unknown