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-- U.S. NAVY SHIPS --

USS Tangier (AV-8) -- at Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941

When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, USS Tangier was moored astern of USS Utah (AG-16). That ship was torpedoed and sunk, and the nearby seaplane tender Curtiss (AV-4) was hit by a bomb and a crashing enemy plane. However, Tangier's only damage, from a bomb near-miss, was superficial. Her guns actively engaged Japanese planes, claiming to have shot down three, and also fired on an enemy midget submarine that was subsequently sunk by the destroyer Monaghan (DD-354). She also took part in rescue efforts during and after the attack.

This page features views relating to USS Tangier during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

For other views of Tangier, see:

  • USS Tangier (AV-8).

    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 50930

    Pearl Harbor Attack, 7 December 1941

    Photograph taken from a Japanese plane during the torpedo attack on ships moored on both sides of Ford Island. View looks about east, with the supply depot, submarine base and fuel tank farm in the right center distance.
    A torpedo has just hit USS West Virginia on the far side of Ford Island (center). Other battleships moored nearby are (from left): Nevada, Arizona, Tennessee (inboard of West Virginia), Oklahoma (torpedoed and listing) alongside Maryland, and California.
    On the near side of Ford Island, to the left, are light cruisers Detroit and Raleigh, target and training ship Utah and seaplane tender Tangier. Raleigh and Utah have been torpedoed, and Utah is listing sharply to port.
    Japanese planes are visible in the right center (over Ford Island) and over the Navy Yard at right.
    Japanese writing in the lower right states that the photograph was reproduced by authorization of the Navy Ministry.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 99KB; 740 x 545 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 50933

    Pearl Harbor Raid, December 1941

    Photograph of the western side of Ford Island and ships in moorings offshore, taken from a Japanese Navy plane during the attack.
    Ships are (from left to right):
    USS Detroit (CL-8);
    USS Raleigh (CL-7), listing to port after being hit by one torpedo;
    USS Utah (AG-16), capsized after being hit by two torpedoes; and
    USS Tangier (AV-8),
    Japanese writing in the lower left states that the photograph's reproduction was authorized by the Navy Ministry.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 101KB; 740 x 540 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 96658

    USS Tangier (AV-8)

    Japanese bomb explodes some twenty feet off the starboard side of the ship, forward of the bridge, during the Pearl Harbor air raid, 7 December 1941.

    The original photograph was in the CinCPac report of the Pearl harbor Attack, 15 February 1942, Volume 3, in 1990.

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

    Online Image: 73KB; 740 x 610 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 96659

    USS Tangier (AV-8)

    Damage to glass windows on the ship's bridge, caused by a Japanese bomb that exploded off the starboard side during the Pearl Harbor air raid, 7 December 1941.

    The original photograph was in the CinCPac report of the Pearl harbor Attack, 15 February 1942, Volume 3, in 1990.

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

    Online Image: 84KB; 585 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: 80-G-266626

    USS Utah (AG-16)

    Capsizing off Ford Island, during the attack on Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941, after being torpedoed by Japanese aircraft .
    Photographed from USS Tangier (AV-8), which was moored astern of Utah.
    Note colors half-raised over fantail, boats nearby, and sheds covering Utah's after guns.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 83KB; 740 x 605 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: NH 96660

    Pearl Harbor Attack, 7 December 1941

    USS Curtiss (AV-4) afire after she was hit by a crashing Japanese dive bomber. Photographed from USS Tangier (AV-8).
    USS Medusa (AR-1) is at right.
    Timbers floating in the water (foreground) may be from USS Utah (AG-16), which had been sunk at her berth, astern of Tangier.
    Note weathered paintwork on Curtiss and Medusa.

    The original photograph was in the CinCPac report of the Pearl harbor Attack, 15 February 1942, Volume 3, in 1990.

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

    Online Image: 55KB; 740 x 615 pixels

     

    For other views of Tangier, see:

  • USS Tangier (AV-8).


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


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