Photos Taken in Honolulu | World War II Database

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View of Naval Air Station Ford Island, Oahu, US Territory of Hawaii, Jan or Feb 1942; note J2F Duck, JRS, OS2U, and R3D (tail only) aircraft, USS Curtiss, and Northampton-class cruisers	Lt George Welch and Lt Ken Taylor pose for a photograph after the ceremony at Wheeler Field, Hawaii, Jan 9, 1942 where each was presented with the Distinguished Service Cross for their actions on Dec 7, 1941.

A PBY-5 Catalina taxiing across Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, in Feb 1942. Photo taken from the carrier USS Enterprise.	Flag officers aboard USS Enterprise being welcomed back to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii 5 Feb 1942 after the Marshalls-Gilberts Raids. VAdm William Halsey (center) with RAdm’s Aubrey Fitch and Raymond Spruance at each end.

Destroyer USS Shaw fitted with a temporary bow and temporary bridge entering Pearl Harbor, Hawaii 8 Feb 1942 after conducting full-speed trials off Oahu.	Destroyer USS Shaw underway in Pearl Harbor with a temporary stub bow, 8 Feb 1942; note SOC floatplane taxiing nearby

Sand Island detention camp under construction, Sand Island, Honolulu, Hawai'i, 13 Feb 1942.	Badly damaged USS Arizona foremast structure, bridge, and top of turret number 2 in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 17 Feb 1942. Note floating crane YD-25 at left

Battleship USS Nevada refloated after being sunk on 7 Dec 1941 and ready to be moved to a drydock, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 17 Feb 1942.	Battleship USS Nevada entering Pearl Harbor’s Drydock No. 2, 18 Feb 1942. Photo 1 of 2.

Battleship USS Nevada entering Pearl Harbor’s Drydock No. 2, 18 Feb 1942. Photo 2 of 2.	Salvage work continuing on the sunken battleship USS Arizona in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 25 Feb 1942. Note Arizona’s two after main turrets being pumped out and disassembled.

Admiral Chester Nimitz presenting the Navy Cross to Aviation Chief Machinist's Mate Harold F. Dixon aboard USS Enterprise at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Mar 1942.	After arriving in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii in early Mar 1942, USS Trout crew members stacked 9 tons of gold bars and 13 tons of silver pesos evacuated from Corregidor, Philippines on the submarine’s deck for transfer to the USS Detroit.

Aircraft transport ship USS Kitty Hawk at Berth F-1, Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Mar 1942. Note AT-6 Texans and J2F Ducks on top deck with wings removed and trucks on lower deck.	Tents at the Sand Island detention camp, Sand Island, Honolulu, Hawai'i, early 1942.

20mm gun gallery along the portside flight deck of USS Enterprise at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 19 Mar 1942. Note the guns are absent from the mounts. Note also destroyers USS Gridley and Fanning in the background.	Torpedo damage to the battleship USS California sustained in the Attack on Pearl Harbor 7 Dec 1941 and photographed in the Pearl Harbor drydock, Apr 1942. Note armor belt above the hole.

Hornet at Pearl Harbor, escorted by PT-28 and PT-29, 30 Apr 1942	Atlanta in Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, May 1942