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-- U.S. NAVY SHIPS --

USS Cassin (DD-372) --
Salvage, December 1941 - February 1942

Initial impressions of the damage to USS Cassin were that she was a total loss, with salvage only necessary to clear Pearl Harbor's Drydock Number One, where she lay alongside the equally wrecked USS Downes (DD-375). However, closer examination showed that her main battery, hull fittings and machinery were in reasonably good condition. Accordingly, efforts soon began to remove guns and other topside equipment from the capsized ship, patch up her hull enough to allow it to float and turn her upright. Salvage work proceeded through January 1942 and into February as the drydock was periodically flooded to bring in or remove other damaged ships. Cassin was righted on 5 February and floated out of dock on the 18th. Her hull, wrecked beyond repair, was scrapped by October 1942, and the still-usable equipment was sent to the Mare Island Navy Yard for installation in a new hull.

This page features all our views of the salvage of USS Cassin (DD-372) in December 1941 - February 1942.

For additional images of USS Cassin, see:

  • USS Cassin (DD-372), 1936-1947; and
  • USS Cassin -- Damaged at Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941.

    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

    Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.

    Photo #: NH 54562

    USS Cassin (DD-372)
    , at left,
    and
    USS Downes (DD-375)

    Under salvage in Drydock Number One at the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, 23 January 1942. They had been wrecked during the 7 December 1941 Japanese air raid.
    Photographed from the foremast of USS Raleigh (CL-7), which was undergoing battle damage repairs in the drydock.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 158KB; 585 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 55061

    USS Cassin (DD-372)


    In drydock at the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, 23 January 1942, while under salvage. She was burned out and capsized in the drydock during the 7 December 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 118KB; 740 x 610 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 54563

    USS Cassin (DD-372)
    , at right, capsized,
    and
    USS Downes (DD-375)

    Under salvage in Drydock Number One at the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, 27 January 1942. They had been wrecked during the 7 December 1941 Japanese air raid.
    Also in the drydock is USS Raleigh (CL-7), which was under repair for torpedo damage received on 7 December.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 151KB; 585 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 55062

    USS Cassin (DD-372)
    (capsized, right)
    and
    USS Downes (DD-375) (left)

    In Drydock Number One at the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, 4 February 1942, while under salvage. Both destroyers had been wrecked in the drydock during the 7 December 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
    In the background, also in Drydock Number One, is USS Raleigh (CL-7), receiving repairs for torpedo damage received in the Japanese attack.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 133KB; 740 x 615 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 54564

    USS Cassin (DD-372)
    , at right,
    and
    USS Downes (DD-375)

    Under salvage in Drydock Number One at the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard on 5 February 1942, the day Cassin was righted from her previous position capsized against Downes. They had been wrecked during the 7 December 1941 Japanese air raid.
    Also in the drydock is USS Raleigh (CL-7), which was under repair for torpedo damage received on 7 December.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 165KB; 740 x 610 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 55063

    USS Cassin (DD-372)


    Leaves dry dock at the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, 18 February 1942, following salvage.
    She had been massively damaged during the 7 December 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 85KB; 740 x 610 pixels

     

    In addition to the views presented above, the following views of USS Downes, also taken during the salvage effort, show small portions of USS Cassin: Photo # NH 54560 and Photo # NH 54558.

    For additional images of USS Cassin, see:

  • USS Cassin (DD-372), 1936-1947; and
  • USS Cassin -- Damaged at Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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    19 September 2000