about 64 japanese planes attacked pearl harbor on december 7 1941.
about 64 japanese planes attacked pearl harbor on december 7 1941.
about how many japanese planes attacked pearl harbor on december 7 1941?
64
at the commencement of the raid on pearl harbor, t.h., at 0750, december 7, 1941, the dale was moored with ships of destroyer division two at berth x-14, pearl harbor, t.h. the order of ships in the nest from starboard to port was as follows: uss aylwin, farragut, dale, monaghan. the ship's head was 030. boiler number three was in use for auxiliary purposes. the officer-of-the-deck, ensign f.m. radel, u.s.n., acting commanding officer, saw the first plane attack the u.s.s. utah from westward. general quarters was immediately sounded and orders given to set material condition afirm and to light off all boilers. at 0810 fire was opened on japanese planes using the after .50 caliber machine guns, followed shortly thereafter by the after five inch a.a. guns. the presence of the ships on either side of the dale prevented the use of all forward guns. the forward 24" searchlight made it impossible to bring the director to bear in the direction of the level bombing attacks on the battleships. the 5" guns operated in local control with very poor results, the shots bursting well behind and short of the targets, a squadron of level bombers flying at about 10,000 feet above the battleships on alternately northerly and southerly courses. 0815, an enemy dive bomber attacking the u.s.s. raleigh from westward came under severe machine gun fire from all the ships in the nest, nosed down and crashed into the harbor.
uss dale (dd-353)
with europe again at war and war threatening in the pacific ocean, "schley" was recommissioned at san diego on 3 october 1940. she arrived at pearl harbor on 17 december for patrols and exercises there the next year. when japanese planes attacked pearl harbor on 7 december 1941, the destroyer was moored in a nest of ships undergoing and, as her guns were dismantled, was able to do little besides reply with small arms fire. her overhaul was rushed to completion; and, on 20 december, she took up a patrol station off the channel approaching pearl harbor. she operated there and off honolulu for almost a year. on 13 december 1942, she departed hawaiian waters for conversion into a fast transport at the puget sound navy yard. "schley" was reclassified apd-14 effective 6 february 1943.
uss schley (dd-103)