Photograph taken from a Japanese plane during the torpedo attack on ships moored on both sides of Ford Island shortly after the beginning of the Pearl Harbor attack. View looks about east, with the supply depot, submarine base and fuel tank farm in the right center distance.
<p>A torpedo has just hit USS <i>West Virginia</i> on the far side of Ford Island (center). Other battleships moored nearby are (from left): <i>Nevada</i>, <i>Arizona</i>, <i>Tennessee</i> (inboard of <i>West Virginia</i>), <i>Oklahoma</i> (torpedoed and listing) alongside <i>Maryland</i>, and <i>California</i>.<br>
On the near side of Ford Island, to the left, are light cruisers <i>Detroit</i> and <i>Raleigh</i>, target and training ship <i>Utah</i> and seaplane tender <i>Tangier</i>. <i>Raleigh</i> and <i>Utah</i> have been torpedoed, and <i>Utah</i> is listing sharply to port.<br>
Japanese planes are visible in the right center (over Ford Island) and over the Navy Yard at right. U.S. Navy planes on the seaplane ramp are on fire.<br></p>
Japanese writing in the lower right states that the photograph was reproduced by authorization of the Navy Ministry.
Imperial Japanese Navy
1941-12-07
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