The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1942-12-10
Nevada Was Beacned

directly sunk by enemy action. The
Nevada was beached by its own crew
to avoid any danger Of blocking the
entrance to the harbor. The Califor-
MIA settled gradually to the bottom
only after several days of effort to
keep it afloat. The West Virginia was
moored before the action against the
Arizona and suffered severely from
explosions on that other ship. She
burned dangerously and sustained sew
eral hits. She went to the bottom as
much from fire fighting counter
measures as from enemy action
The fact remains Of course that the
attack left five battleshps sitting on
the bottom Of Pearl Harbor, their
masts and turrets and big guns above
water, but their main decks awash
and much of their interiors flooded.
except for the Oklahoma which
showed the bottom of her hull instead
Of her topside.
The damage to the remaining three
battleships was not severe. The Penn
1 sylvania, in the big drydock at the
time, received one bomb hit on its
forecastle deck The Maryland and the
| Tennessee were protected from torpe-
does by other ships moored outside of
them. The only problem was extri-
eating them from their berths. Dam
age to them was superficial
All three of the damaged cruisers
were quickly repaired. None had suf-
fered to any degree comparable with
the condition of the three badly-hurt
battleships. OF the three destroyers
sunk, one was repaired and the ma
chinery Of the other two was salvaged
and will be incorporated in new hulls
Enemy Ships Never Seen
No contact was ever made with the
ships which brought the Japanese
planes to the vicinity Of Pearl Har-
Dor. The Navy has literally no knowl-
edge to this day Of the composition
Of that force other than that it
brought an estimated 1O5 Japanese
planes within striking range Of the
Island Of Oahu. They guess that this
means three or four carriers. They
have no knowIndga &c +o wbo+bo, +bo
carriers were accomnanind b,, q Iard-
mo force
There vnrn No American o;roro f.
carriers IN tba ba,bo,. At tbo time Of
the attack
Bevond the fa;I,ro +o howe o s+ro,
ga, air nat,.oI in ora,o+;o,, and hobi,,l
the punching Of the battIasbins mot
only inside the ha,.ho,. b,,t actuall,, IN
one comnact donhIa row. lavcon+ for
the PENNSYLVANIA in d,v docl,> Iios 4bo
fart tbat ,ybilo +boro woe. f,,I1 n,,au.
citation Of the nossihiIi+v Of oron,v #
tack tbaro was no so,.io,,s. o,.,,oa+,4.;,,,
Of an air a++ool,
Sinh AttacI, wos Exnoo...
What had boo,, coveted ,,,a.a ..,.l.
mariono attack Tho h.+4lo.h;n. ,,..,.o
concentrated irsida +bo ha,,..
nro+ect tben, from, +bo+ do,ao,. D.
II did mot oco,,,. 10 +l,o.a :, ao,,,,.,,,...I
NJ paarI Harbor +bo+ ao,a,, IatI'
sbins ,oorod !, do,,h1a liz
tn,ontino fato hooo,,., chow, ,,,,.a,. 49,,
formulated tho ola. o+4,aI. NJ. e..
that +bo, ,,.oro 80 ,,,oouoJ 49,, 49,.
fore nrobabIv nroso,tod t,,a 100000, ,,,sl
attacI,ors with +ho ,,,oa+ ,,a1.of.I,
contracted +arao+ o,,o,. ..,,,oaJ Lof,,,.
the evos If q ho,nbod;on :, ,,.,,,t:. s'
Tho ran.,oso oo,,1J 49,. ;,
miss And +bov. ala no. F,,o,,. ,.,4,I
shin was hit OnIv +broo o,,+ 81 ai,.k.
could have nu+ to soa v,;tbin - ,,.a.I.
after tbo action
That was what roaII,, bonnouJ -.
Pearl Harbo, and wbv II +oo,. +ha
Navv ca lonc. of+o. 49, ,,,o...,ll'
over to puu itself togotbnr and 70 h %,
gin 70 tbinl, IN +o,,,,s of foat III.
forces made nm If aircr,f+ oa,,.;f S
cruisers and dos+rovors T. ,,n, 49,.
until Admiral William Halso,, ,,ro,,oI
what couId no doro Will, .noL = ....
bination of snaad and s,.il,inn ,a,,.',,
that tho Navy bonan 10 Gn1 80
AGAIN and sbolo ~ ~.
mantal-nic+,,,.o - .l,.ga e p''' % @ ing