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.

Tuesday, January 3, 2017

After Pearl Harbor: The Race to Save the U.S. Fleet-- Part 2: Returned to Service Quickly


The Flagship of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, the USS Pennsylvania, had been in drydock.  The USS Tennessee and Maryland were moored inboard of the USS West Virginia and Oklahoma and were sheltered from the Japanese torpedoes. All suffered damage, but remained afloat.

Within three months, the USS Pennsylvania, Maryland, Tennessee, cruisers USS Honolulu, Helena and Raleigh, destroyers Helm and Shaw, seaplane tender Curtiss, repair ship vestal and floating drydock YFD-2 were back in service or had been refloated and headed back to the United States for final repairs.

The most heavily damaged of the smaller ships, the Raleigh and Shaw, were returned to active duty by mid-1942.

--GreGen

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