what was the first ship sunk in pearl harbor
Report Abuse. The first ship sunk was a Japanese midget sub, sunk by destroyer USS Ward. Ward attacked the midget sub, which was trying to sneak into Pearl, at 0645 (6:45 AM). These were the very first shots of the attack and they came not from the Japanese but from us. Source(s): http://www.history.navy.mil/docs/wwii/pe...
On December 7, 1941, the Japanese laun â¦ ched an attack on the US Naval Fleet stationed at Pearl Harbor, in Hawaii. A list of the ships sunk during the attack include: U.S.S. Arizona U.S.S. Oklahoma U.S.S.