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- Over the next half hour, Pearl Harbor’s airfields and docked ships were subjected to a merciless assault with bombs, guns, and torpedoes. A second wave struck at 8:50 AM, and the Japanese withdrew shortly after 9:00 AM. In just over an hour, the Japanese destroyed 180 aircraft and destroyed or damaged more than a dozen ships.
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Dec 6, 2021 · Just as the Type 99s arrived over Pearl Harbor at about 0850, Nevada was spotted underway. Approximately 14–18 dive bombers attacked the slow moving battleship. Nevada was surrounded by near misses before she was hit by five bombs at 0900. At 0907 more dive bombers arrived and scored another hit.
Early on December 7, 1941, citizens and servicemembers alike in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, faced terror as Japanese planes rained fire on the island in a stunning surprise attack. The assault quickly plunged the United States into a world-changing war.
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Pearl Harbor attack, (December 7, 1941), surprise aerial attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor on Oahu Island, Hawaii, by the Japanese that precipitated the entry of the United States into World War II.
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At 8:54 AM the second wave of Japanese planes, numbering nearly 170, begins its attack. At 9:30 AM the destroyer USS Shaw explodes in dry dock. At 10:00 AM the Japanese planes head back to their carriers, which will ultimately return to Japan.
Dec 23, 2010 · On December 7, 1941, Japanese torpedoes and bombs devastated Hawaii’s warships and air fields. The “Weapons Wall” at Pacific Aviation Museum has full-size models of three of these weapons—the ones used in the first wave of the attack.
At 7:55 AM, the Coordinated attack on Pearl Harbor begins. At 8:10 AM, the USS Arizona explodes. At 8:17 AM, the Destroyer USS Helm fires at and sinks Japanese submarine at entrance to harbor. At 8:54 AM, the second wave of attack begins. At 9:30 AM, the USS Shaw explodes in dry dock.
During the second wave, a Zero fighter flown by Petty Officer Shigenori Nishikaichi of Hiryu was damaged in the attack on Wheeler, so he flew to the rescue point. The aircraft was further damaged on his crash landing.
