by Mark LoProto | May 21, 2018 | Battleships, History, Learning Pearl Harbor, Pacific Theater
On April 30, 1919, a new battleship class was launched. Named for its lead ship, the Tennessee-class offered more robust protection from enemy torpedoes as well as fire-control systems for both primary and secondary gun batteries. USS Tennessee (BB-43) and her sister...
by Mark LoProto | May 19, 2018 | Attack of Pearl Harbor, Japanese Aircraft, Learning Pearl Harbor, US Aircraft
When learning about the details of the morning of December 7, 1941, when the Imperial Japanese Navy launched a surprise attack on the United States Naval Base in Oahu, the focus is usually on the devastation caused by the bombs and torpedoes dropped by the attackers...
by Mark LoProto | May 16, 2018 | Battleships, Learning Pearl Harbor
When learning about the attack on Pearl Harbor, it’s usually the battleships that get most of the attention, and a term that often comes up when describing these ships is “dreadnought,” and even “super-dreadnought.” So what exactly were...
by Jerry Peterson | May 14, 2018 | After The Attack, Learning Pearl Harbor, U.S. Leaders, WWII in America
Almost from the moment the Japanese planes returned to their ships after their devastating attack on Pearl Harbor, there were all kinds of conspiracy theories about how they could have pulled off such a large operation that took the United States by complete...
by Mark LoProto | May 10, 2018 | Battleships, Learning Pearl Harbor, Pacific Theater
Unlike the others seven US Navy battleships present at Pearl Harbor on the morning of December 7, 1941, the USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) wasn’t lined up on Battleship Row along the southeast coast of Ford Island, and therefore avoided the major damage those ships...
by Mark LoProto | May 9, 2018 | After The Attack, Learning Pearl Harbor, Literature of Pearl Harbor
To get a true sense of the amount of damage done when Japan attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor, it’s best to rely on the recollections of those who lived through it. They may have been caught up in the chaos of the events as they unfolded, but many of...
