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Photo # 80-G-32891:  Cartoon found in a crashed Japanese aircraft following the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Online Library of Selected Images:
-- EVENTS -- World War II in the Pacific --

Pearl Harbor Raid, 7 December 1941 --
Miscellaneous Views related to Japanese participation in the Raid


This page features miscellaneous pictures related to the Japanese side of the Pearl Harbor attack.

For other views of Japanese forces in the Pearl Harbor Attack, see:

  • Japanese Forces in the Pearl Harbor Attack.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the Online Library's digital images, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

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

    Photo #: 80-G-413507

    Pearl Harbor Attack
    , 7 December 1941

    Chart of Pearl Harbor recovered from a Japanese midget submarine captured after the attack.
    The chart shows various courses around Ford Island and gives ship locations which do not necessarily correspond to actual 7 December ship positions. Since it presumably came from the midget submarine HA-19, which was unsuccessful in its attempts to enter the harbor, these details probably represent expected ship locations and intended maneuvers by the submarine.

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

    Online Image: 178KB; 595 x 675 pixels

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

     
    Photo #: 80-G-3913

    Japanese Chart of Pearl Harbor


    Recovered from a Japanese Navy aircraft downed during the attack on Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941.
    The chart identifies ship mooring locations and is entitled (at upper left): "Report on positions of enemy fleet at anchorage A". Code at left represents ship types (Letter figures are written in katakana: "A" - battleship; "I" - aircraft carrier; "E" - cruiser; "U" - special service ship; "O" - light cruiser. Mooring locations are coded with paired katakana figures or with katakana plus an arabic numeral, but do not specifically identify the ship types moored there.

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

    Online Image: 148KB; 740 x 605 pixels

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

     
    Photo #: 80-G-3914

    Japanese Chart of Lahaina Anchorage, Maui, Hawaii


    Recovered from a Japanese Navy aircraft downed during the attack on Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941.
    The chart identifies ship mooring locations and is entitled (at upper left): "Report on positions of enemy fleet at anchorage B". The chart identifies mooring locations with a radial grid. Sectors and distances are coded by single katakana figures.

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

    Online Image: 128KB; 740 x 605 pixels

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

     
    Photo #: 80-G-32891

    Pearl Harbor Attack, 7 December 1941


    Cartoon found in a crashed Japanese Navy aircraft following the attack on Pearl Harbor.
    The Japanese inscription at left reads: "Hear! The voice of the moment of death. Wake up, you fools."

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

    Online Image: 146KB; 740 x 610 pixels

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

     
    Photo #: 80-G-182245

    Japanese Navy Type 97 Carrier Attack Plane (B5N1 "Kate")


    Takes off from the carrier Akagi during the filming of the motion picture "From Pearl Harbor to Malaya", circa March-April 1942.
    This scene is frequently used to represent the launch of torpedo planes to attack Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. However the plane is the older B5N1 model, not the B5N2 used for the Hawaii Operation. Its torpedo is an exercise unit (note its dented nose and lack of "air box" aerodynamic fins at the tail).

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

    Online Image: 92KB; 740 x 595 pixels

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

     
    Photo #: NH 62534

    Pearl Harbor Attack, 7 December 1941


    Japanese model of Pearl Harbor, showing ships located as they were during the 7 December 1941 attack. This model was constructed after the attack for use in making a motion picture.
    The original photograph was brought back to the U.S. from Japan at the end of World War II by Rear Admiral John Shafroth, USN.

    Collection of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 88KB; 740 x 540 pixels

     


    For other views of Japanese forces in the Pearl Harbor Attack, see:

  • Japanese Forces in the Pearl Harbor Attack.


    NOTES:

  • To the best of our knowledge, the pictures referenced here are all in the Public Domain, and can therefore be freely downloaded and used for any purpose.

  • Some images linked from this page may bear obsolete credit lines citing the organization name: "Naval Historical Center". Effective 1 December 2008 the name should be cited as: "Naval History and Heritage Command".


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the Online Library's digital images, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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    Coding updated 16 April 2009