The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.

Wednesday, September 25, 2013

U.S. Pearl Harbor Losses: Battleships


From Snopes.com.

TOTAL LOSSES: USS Oklahoma, USS Arizona, USS Utah (former battleship, used as target ship); 

SUNK AT BERTH, LATER RAISED AND REPAIRED: USS California and USS West Virginia; 

BEACHED TO PREVENT SINKING, LATER REPAIRED: USS Nevada

LIGHT DAMAGE: USS Pennsylvania, USS Maryland, USS Tennessee.

---GreGen

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