The overall death toll was 2,467 people : 2,403 American citizens — 2,335 members of the U.S. military and 68 civilians — and 64 members of the Imperial Japanese Navy . Five U.S. battleships were sunk and the other remaining three were badly damaged . Overall , nine ships of the U.S. fleet were sunk and 21 ships were severely damaged . Three of the 21 would be irreparable . 188 U.S. aircraft were completely destroyed and 159 others were damaged . Japan lost 29 out of the 353 aircraft they attacked with . The attack on Pearl Harbor was the largest attack committed by foreign nationals on American soil in peacetime and in general prior to the September 11 attacks
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Naval Station Pearl Harbor