A battleship makes waves sailing through the ocean.Heroic efforts of the crew of the battleship USS Tennessee saved the vessel from sinking and anti-aircraft gunners were credited with shooting down five Japanese aircraft during the surprise attack at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Dec. 7, 1941. 


USS

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Service members carry flag-draped caskets on a flightline by an open aircraft.The battleship USS Oklahoma disinterment and identification project at the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency has succeeded in accounting for all unaccounted-for personnel from the USS Oklahoma lost on the morning of Dec. 7, 1941.

That morning, a fleet of

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A ship near land tilts in a body of water.Besides the eight battleships damaged or sunk at Pearl Harbor by a Japanese aerial attack on Dec. 7, 1941, there were other vessels damaged or sunk and dozens of aircraft on several airfields were destroyed. 

The USS Utah, a former battleship converted to

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