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Photo # 80-G-19940:  USS Nevada beached and burning after being hit by Japanese bombs and torpedoes during the attack on Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941.

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

Pearl Harbor Raid, 7 December 1941 --
USS Nevada during the Pearl Harbor Attack (Part II)


This page features additional views of USS Nevada on 7 December 1941 and during the following days.

For other images of USS Nevada during and shortly after the Japanese raid, see:

  • USS Nevada during 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-19940

    Pearl Harbor Attack, 7 December 1941


    USS Nevada (BB-36) beached and burning after being hit forward by Japanese bombs and torpedoes. Her pilothouse area is discolored by fires in that vicinity.
    The harbor tug Hoga (YT-146) is alongside Nevada's port bow, helping to fight fires on the battleship's forecastle.
    Note channel marker bouy against Nevada's starboard side.

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

    Online Image: 116KB; 740 x 610 pixels

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

     
    Photo #: 80-G-33020

    Pearl Harbor Attack, 7 December 1941


    USS Nevada (BB-36) aground and burning off Waipio Point, after the end of the Japanese air raid. Ships assisting her, at right, are the harbor tug Hoga (YT-146) and USS Avocet (AVP-4).

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

    Online Image: 71KB; 740 x 605 pixels

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

     
    Photo #: NH 64484

    Pearl Harbor Attack, 7 December 1941


    Damage to the forecastle deck of USS Nevada (BB-36), caused by the explosion of a Japanese bomb below decks. Gun barrels of the battleship's forward 14"/45 triple turret are in the background.
    Photographed on 12 December 1941 from on board USS Rail (AM-26), which was tied up alongside Nevada's starboard bow, assisting with salvage efforts.
    Note officer in center, wearing a .45 caliber pistol.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval History and Heritage Command.

    Online Image: 126KB; 740 x 610 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 50104

    USS Nevada (BB-36)


    View on deck looking aft toward the forward 14"/45 gun turrets and superstructure, showing bomb damage received during the Pearl Harbor attack on 7 December 1941.
    Photographed was taken five days later, on 12 December.

    Collection of Vice Admiral Homer N. Wallin, USN.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval History and Heritage Command.

    Online Image: 82KB; 740 x 605 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 84003

    USS Nevada (BB-36)


    Hole in the ship's port side caused by a Japanese Type 91 aerial torpedo that hit her during the 7 December 1941 air raid. Photographed on 19 February 1942, in Pearl Harbor Navy Yard's Drydock Number Two. The view runs from about Frame 37 at left to about Frame 44 at right.
    The battleship's side armor is visible inside the hole's upper section.

    Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Collection of The Honorable James V. Forrestal.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval History and Heritage Command.

    Online Image: 140KB; 740 x 610 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 64306

    USS Nevada (BB-36)


    Hole in the ship's port side, between about Frame 38 and Frame 46, caused by a Japanese Type 91 aerial torpedo that hit her during the 7 December 1941 air raid. Photographed on about 19 February 1942, in Pearl Harbor Navy Yard's Drydock Number Two.
    The battleship's side armor is visible inside the hole's upper section.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval History and Heritage Command.

    Online Image: 120KB; 590 x 765 pixels

     


    For other images of USS Nevada during and shortly after the Japanese raid, see:

  • USS Nevada during 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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    Page made 10 December 2000
    Coding updated 20 April 2009