![]() I also noted an immense oil fire from some of the battleships astern of us and I first thought it was the West Virginia, berthed outboard in F-6, but later on learned it was the Arizona, which had been heavily torpedoed, bombed, and was burning. I went over to the port side of the bridge and saw that this had happened. Shortly after getting out the two messages above referred to, a signalman called to me and said the Oklahoma had capsized. Lieutenant Commander Little, the senior officer on board the California, informed me that two torpedoes had hit the California on the port side, that she had listed 7 1/2°, and that he was attempting to gradually take off this list.Ħ. I told Colonel Gladden to have the telephone wire slackened off before trying to use the telephone, as we were listed to port and I feared it would carry away before he could telephone.ĥ. ![]() Lieutenant Commander Greber and Lieutenant Colonel Gladden then arrived on the bridge and I directed Lieutenant Colonel Gladden to go down to the telephone and communicate with Admiral Pye, and the other members of the Staff not on board, and tell them we had been attacked by Japanese planes and to return to the ship immediately. I sent out a signal by flag hoist to ships in the harbor of Task Force ONE and TWO to get underway, and followed this by a signal to "sortie in accordance with Sortie Plan ES". Kohler, U.S.N.R., and the Staff Duty Officer, Lieutenant Commander C.F. Upon arriving on the bridge I sent for the Communication Watch Officer, Ensign K.B. As I arrived on the bridge I saw smoke and flames appear from the seaplane hangar on Ford Island.ģ. Some time enroute between the quarterdeck and the bridge I felt the shock of something hitting the ship and saw a low-flying plane flash over the ship from port to starboard. I put on my blouse and cap, hurried on deck, and started rapidly toward the bridge.Ģ. ![]() My first thought was that the alarm had been set off by accident. I was sitting in my cabin a little before 0800, when the general alarm sounded. CALIFORNIA ON THE MORNING OF DECEMBER 7, 1941, DURING AIR ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR BY JAPANESE NAVAL AIR FORCE, AS SEEN BY CAPTAIN HAROLD C. Enclosures (A) and (B), which it is believed constitute a rather complete report of the subject action and the damages resulting therefrom, are submitted for the information of the Commander-in-Chief. (B) Summary of Damage Sustained by Ships of the Battle Force.ġ. Train, U.S.N., Chief of Staff to Commander Battle Force. Commander-in-Chief, United States Pacific Fleet. ![]()
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