by Mark LoProto | Mar 26, 2019 | Attack of Pearl Harbor, Battleships, Heavy Cruisers, Pearl Harbor Survivors, USS Oklahoma Survivors
Each passing year brings the loss of more and more survivors of the Pearl Harbor attack, so when one of these heroes celebrates a birthday, it’s cause for celebration. One of these survivors is Colorado resident Bernie Weber, who celebrated his 101st birthday on March...
by Mark LoProto | Aug 15, 2018 | Attack of Pearl Harbor, Heavy Cruisers, Pacific Theater
USS San Francisco (CA-38), a New Orleans-class cruiser, was laid down in September of 1931 and commissioned into the US Navy on February 10, 1934. Captain Royal E. Ingersoll served as the first commander of the new vessel, and saw her through multiple military...
by Jerry Peterson | Jun 29, 2018 | Attack of Pearl Harbor, Battleships, Destroyers, Gun Boats, Heavy Cruisers, Light Cruisers, Other Ships, Ships, Submarines
There were 130 vessels of the US Navy’s Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor on December 7th 1941, the day of the Japanese surprise attack. Ninety-six of the Pearl Harbor ships were warships. Eight of these were battleships, seven of which were lined up along...
by Mark LoProto | Feb 19, 2018 | Attack of Pearl Harbor, Heavy Cruisers, Pacific Theater
It was a worst-case scenario, one that couldn’t have been prepared for because it seemed so unlikely. And yet on the morning of December 7, 1941, the men of the USS New Orleans (CA-32) were forced to try and do the impossible – survive a surprise aerial attack...
by Mark LoProto | Aug 24, 2017 | Heavy Cruisers
World War II saw many tragedies for the United States, starting with the devastating one that started it all, the December 7th, 1941 assault on Pearl Harbor, the US naval base on Oahu. The 2,403 American lives lost were just the first of the many thousands of lives...
by Alison | May 24, 2016 | Battleships, Destroyers, Heavy Cruisers, Ships
When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, a number of ships and planes suffered serious blows in the attack. The battleships of the U.S. Pacific Fleet—eight in all—sat docked in the harbor, and all of them suffered major damage. Adding to the...
