U.S. Navy Ships' Fate At Pearl Harbor
Battleships:
USS California- Commissioned in 1919; Suffered two torpedo hits and one bomb hit during the Pearl Harbor attack - 98 killed, 61 wounded; Refloated in March 1942; Reentered service in January 1944; Decommissioned in 1947; Sold for scrap in 1959; Earned seven WWII battle stars.
- Commissioned in 1920; Suffered two bomb hits during the Pearl Harbor attack; Drydocked December 1941 at Puget Sound Naval Yard; Reentered service in February 1942; Sold for scrap in July 1959; Decommissioned in April 1947; Earned seven WWII battle stars.
- Commissioned in 1914; Suffered five torpedo hits and capsized during the Pearl Harbor attack - 429 men died and 32 were cut out of the hull in the following days; Raised and drydocked in December 1943 for repairs; Decommissioned in September 1944; Sold in December 1946, but sank en route to a San Francisco drydock; Earned one WWII battle star.
- Commissioned in 1919; Suffered two bomb hits during the Pearl Harbor attack; Drydocked in December 1941 for repairs at Puget Sound Naval Yard; Reentered service in February 1942; Decommissioned in February 1947; Sold for scrap in March 1959; Earned the Navy Unit Commendation and 10 WWII battle stars.
- Commissioned in 1921; Half-sunk after suffering six torpedo hits and two bomb hits during the Pearl Harbor attack; Raised and repaired at Puget Sound Naval Yard; Reentered service in September 1944; Deactivated in December 1946; Decommissioned in January 1947; Sold for scrap in August 1959; Earned five WWII battle stars.
- Commissioned in 1915; Half-sunk after suffering one torpedo hit and eight bomb hits during Pearl Harbor attack - 1,103 casualties; Listed 'in ordinary' on December 29, 1941; Stricken from Navy registry on Dec. 1, 1942; The USS Arizona Memorial was dedicated on May 30, 1962.
- Commissioned in 1914; Beached on Hospital Point after suffering one torpedo hit and six bomb hits during the Pearl Harbor attack - 50 killed, 109 wounded; Refloated in February 1942; Repaired at Pearl Harbor and Puget Naval Yard; Reentered service in May 1942; Used as target for atomic bomb testing at Bikini Atoll in July 1946; Decommissioned on August 29, 1946; Used as practice target and sunk off Hawaii in August 1948; Received seven WWII Battle Stars.
- Commissioned in 1915; Suffered two bomb hits during the Pearl Harbor attack - 15 killed, 14 MIA, 38 wounded; Arrived on Dec. 29, 1941 at San Francisco Naval Yard for repairs; Reentered service on August 1, 1942; Entered Puget Sound Naval Yard on October 24, 1945 for battle repairs; Used as target for atomic bomb testing at Bikini Atoll in July 1946; Decommissioned in August 1946; Sunk off Kwajalein Lagoon on February 1948; Received eight WWII battle stars.
- Commissioned in 1911; Half-sunk after suffering one bomb hit during the Pearl Harbor attack ? 64 killed, 58 of those are entombed in ship; Declared "in-ordinary" on December 29, 1941; Partially righted and declared "out of commission, not in service" on September 5, 1944; Stricken from Navy register on November 13, 1944; Received one WWII battle star
Light Cruisers:
USS Helena- Commissioned in 1939; Suffered one torpedo hit during the Pearl Harbor attack; Repaired at Mare Island Navy Yard; Reentered service in 1942; Sunk on July 5, 1943 by Japanese destroyers off the coast of New Georgia; It was the first naval ship to receive the Navy Unit Commendation ? the battles of Cape Esperance, Guadalcanal, and Kula Gulf were named in the citation; It also earned the Asiatic-Pacific Area Campaign medal with seven stars.
- Commissioned in 1924; Suffered one torpedo hit during the Pearl Harbor attack, nearly missed by a bomb; Repaired at Mare Island Navy Yard; Reentered service in mid-1942; Decommissioned in November 1945; Sold for scrap in February 1946
Destroyers:
USS Cassin- Commissioned in 1936; Suffered one bomb hit during the Pearl Harbor attack; Righted and floated out of Pearl Harbor drydock on Feb 18, 1942; Scrapped in October 1942; Some of its original machinery and armament were installed into a new hull, which was commissioned under the original hull name and designation USS Cassin (DD-372); Entered service in February 1944; Decommissioned in December 1945; Sold for scrap in November 1947
- Commissioned in 1937; Suffered three bomb hits during the Pearl Harbor attack; Hull re-floated in February 1942, but later scrapped; Some of its original machinery and fittings were installed into a new hull, which was commissioned under the original hull name and designation USS Downes (DD-375); Entered service in November 1943; Decommissioned in December 1945; Sold for scrap in November 1947
- Commissioned in 1936; Suffered multiple bomb hits during the Pearl Harbor attack; Temporarily repaired at Pearl Harbor and then sent to Mare Island Navy Yard in February 1942; Reentered service in June 1942; Decommissioned in October 1945; Sold for scrap in July 1946
Minelayer:
USS Vestal- Commissioned in 1909; Beached on Aiea Sands after suffering two bomb hits during the Pearl Harbor attack; Repaired and reentered service in August 1942; Decommissioned in August 1946; Sold for scrap in July 1950
Seaplane Tender:
USS Curtiss- Commissioned in 1940; Suffered one bomb hit and hit by a Japanese type 99 carrier bomber, known as a "Val", during the Pearl Harbor attack; Repaired at a west coast Naval facility; Reentered service in February 1942; Decommissioned in September 1957; Stricken from Naval register in July 1963; Sold for scrap in February 1972
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