▁Navy ' s ▁ 5 "/ 3 8 s , ▁only ▁a ▁quarter ▁of ▁its ▁machine ▁guns , ▁and ▁only ▁four ▁of ▁ 3 1 ▁Army ▁batter ies ▁got ▁in ▁action ). ▁Despite ▁this ▁low ▁alert ▁status , ▁many ▁American ▁military ▁personnel ▁respond ed ▁effectively ▁during ▁the ▁attack . ▁En sign ▁Joseph ▁T auss ig ▁Jr ., ▁ab o ard ▁, ▁commanded ▁the ▁ship ' s ▁ant ia ircraft ▁guns ▁and ▁was ▁sever ely ▁wounded , ▁but ▁continued ▁to ▁be ▁on ▁post . ▁L t . ▁Commander ▁F . ▁J . ▁Thomas ▁commanded ▁Nev ada ▁in ▁the ▁captain ' s ▁absence ▁and ▁got ▁her ▁under ▁way ▁until ▁the ▁ship ▁was ▁ground ed ▁at ▁ 9 : 1 0   a . m . ▁One ▁of ▁the ▁destroy ers , ▁, ▁got ▁under way ▁with ▁only ▁four ▁officers ▁ab o ard , ▁all ▁en sign s , ▁none ▁with ▁more ▁than ▁a ▁year ' s ▁sea ▁duty ; ▁she ▁operated ▁at ▁sea ▁for ▁ 3 6 ▁hours ▁before ▁her ▁command ing ▁officer ▁managed ▁to ▁get ▁back ▁ab o ard . ▁Captain ▁Mer v yn ▁B enn ion , ▁command ing ▁, ▁led ▁his ▁men ▁until ▁he ▁was ▁cut ▁down ▁by ▁fragments ▁from ▁a ▁bomb ▁which ▁hit ▁, ▁mo ored ▁alongside . ▁ ▁Second ▁wave ▁composition ▁The ▁second ▁planned ▁wave ▁consisted ▁of ▁ 1 7 1 ▁plan es : ▁ 5 4 ▁B 5 N s , ▁ 8 1 ▁D 3 As , ▁and ▁ 3 6 ▁A 6 M s , ▁commanded ▁by